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Purificative :: Purificative (a.) Having power to purify; tending to cleanse.

Calculated :: Calculated (p. p. & a.) Adapted by calculation, contrivance. or forethought to accomplish a purpose; as, to use arts calculated to deceive the people..

Crib :: Crib (v. t.) To pilfer or purloin; hence, to steal from an author; to appropriate; to plagiarize; as, to crib a line from Milton..

Purchase :: Purchase (v. t.) To buy for a price.

Nonpareil :: Nonpareil (a.) A beautifully colored finch (Passerina ciris), native of the Southern United States. The male has the head and neck deep blue, rump and under parts bright red, back and wings golden green, and the tail bluish purple. Called also painted finch..

Face :: Face (v. t.) To cover with better, or better appearing, material than the mass consists of, for purpose of deception, as the surface of a box of tea, a barrel of sugar, etc..

Prostitution :: Prostitution (n.) The act of setting one's self to sale, or of devoting to infamous purposes what is in one's power; as, the prostitution of abilities; the prostitution of the press..

Vivisection :: Vivisection (n.) The dissection of an animal while alive, for the purpose of making physiological investigations..

Pendicle :: Pendicle (n.) An appendage; something dependent on another; an appurtenance; a pendant.

Cantharis :: Cantharis (n.) A beetle (Lytta, / Cantharis, vesicatoria), havin1g an elongated cylindrical body of a brilliant green color, and a nauseous odor; the blister fly or blister beetle, of the apothecary; -- also called Spanish fly. Many other species of Lytta, used for the same purpose, take the same name. See Blister beetle, under Blister. The plural form in usually applied to the dried insects used in medicine..

Bepurple :: Bepurple (v. t.) To tinge or dye with a purple color.

Flux :: Flux (v. t.) To cause a discharge from; to purge.

Unblemished :: Unblemished (a.) Not blemished; pure; spotless; as, an unblemished reputation or life..

Turnsole :: Turnsole (a.) A purple dye obtained from the plant turnsole. See def. 1 (d).

Castle-guard :: Castle-guard (n.) A tax or imposition an a dwelling within a certain distance of a castle, for the purpose of maintaining watch and ward in it; castle-ward..

Maroon :: Maroon (n.) A brownish or dull red of any description, esp. of a scarlet cast rather than approaching crimson or purple..

Designment :: Designment (n.) Design; purpose; scheme.

Turn-out :: Turn-out (n.) The act of coming forth; a leaving of houses, shops, etc.; esp., a quitting of employment for the purpose of forcing increase of wages; a strike; -- opposed to lockout..

Petechiae :: Petechiae (n. pl.) Small crimson, purple, or livid spots, like flea-bites, due to extravasation of blood, which appear on the skin in malignant fevers, etc..

Itinerate :: Itinerate (v. i.) To wander without a settled habitation; to travel from place or on a circuit, particularly for the purpose of preaching, lecturing, etc..

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