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Purana
n.
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One of a class of sacred Hindoo poetical works in the Sanskrit language which treat of the creation, destruction, and renovation of worlds, the genealogy and achievements of gods and heroes, the reigns of the Manus, and the transactions of their descendants. The principal Puranas are eighteen in number, and there are the same number of supplementary books called Upa Puranas.
Puranic
a.
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Pertaining to the Puranas.
Purbeck beds
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The strata of the Purbeck stone, or Purbeck limestone, belonging to the Oolitic group. See the Chart of Geology.
Purbeck stone
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A limestone from the Isle of Purbeck in England.
Purblind
a.
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Wholly blind.
Purblind
a.
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Nearsighted, or dim-sighted; seeing obscurely; as, a purblind eye; a purblind mole.
Purcelane
n.
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Purslane.
Purchasable
a.
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Capable of being bought, purchased, or obtained for a consideration; hence, venal; corrupt.
Purchased
imp. & p. p.
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of Purchase
Purchasing
p. pr. & vb. n.
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of Purchase
Purchase
v. t.
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To pursue and obtain; to acquire by seeking; to gain, obtain, or acquire.
Purchase
v. t.
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To obtain by paying money or its equivalent; to buy for a price; as, to purchase land, or a house.
Purchase
v. t.
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To obtain by any outlay, as of labor, danger, or sacrifice, etc.; as, to purchase favor with flattery.
Purchase
v. t.
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To expiate by a fine or forfeit.
Purchase
v. t.
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To acquire by any means except descent or inheritance.
Purchase
v. t.
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To buy for a price.
Purchase
v. t.
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To apply to (anything) a device for obtaining a mechanical advantage; to get a purchase upon, or apply a purchase to; as, to purchase a cannon.
Purchase
v. i.
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To put forth effort to obtain anything; to strive; to exert one's self.
Purchase
v. i.
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To acquire wealth or property.
Purchase
v. t.
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The act of seeking, getting, or obtaining anything.
Purchase
v. t.
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The act of seeking and acquiring property.
Purchase
v. t.
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The acquisition of title to, or properly in, anything for a price; buying for money or its equivalent.
Purchase
v. t.
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That which is obtained, got, or acquired, in any manner, honestly or dishonestly; property; possession; acquisition.
Purchase
v. t.
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That which is obtained for a price in money or its equivalent.
Purchase
v. t.
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Any mechanical hold, or advantage, applied to the raising or removing of heavy bodies, as by a lever, a tackle, capstan, and the like; also, the apparatus, tackle, or device by which the advantage is gained.
Purchase
v. t.
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Acquisition of lands or tenements by other means than descent or inheritance, namely, by one's own act or agreement.
Purchaser
n.
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One who purchases; one who acquires property for a consideration, generally of money; a buyer; a vendee.
Purchaser
n.
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One who acquires an estate in lands by his own act or agreement, or who takes or obtains an estate by any means other than by descent or inheritance.
Purdah
n.
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A curtain or screen; also, a cotton fabric in blue and white stripes, used for curtains.
Pure
superl.
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Separate from all heterogeneous or extraneous matter; free from mixture or combination; clean; mere; simple; unmixed; as, pure water; pure clay; pure air; pure compassion.