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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
pur-/pəː/

▶prefix equivalent to pro-1 (as in pursue).

– origin from Anglo-Norman Fr., from L. por-, pro-.

'pur-' also found in these Oxford entries:

empyrean - purblind - pure - Purim - purulent - pyracantha - pyre - pyrene - pyridine - pyrites - pyro- - pyrotechny - suppurate

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