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purer
Old French · medieval
"to purify"
to purify, to refine, from Latin purus (pure)
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puree
French · 1700s
"food reduced to a smooth paste"
settled in French for food reduced to a smooth, strained paste
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puree
English · 1707
"food blended or strained to a smooth paste"
adopted directly for the smoothly blended food preparation
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