ppl. a. (UN-1 8.)
1574. T. Cartwright, Full Declar., a 2 b. That vnreuenged, and vnpurified shedinge off giltlesse bloud.
1617. Moryson, Itin., I. 10. Vnpurified siluer as it comes from the Mines.
1667. Decay Chr. Piety, ii. 37. Our sinful Nation is indeed now come out [of the furnace], but so unpurified, that [etc.].
a. 1779. Warburton, Div. Leg., VI. Notes, Wks. 1788, III. 576. This active Watchman of the Church militant will let nothing escape him, nor leave any thing unpurified that has once passed through my hands.
1791. Cowper, Yardley Oak, 12. The conscience, yet Unpurified by an authentic act Of amnesty.
1832. G. R. Porter, Porcelain & Gl., 275. The presence of iron in the unpurified sea-sand and ashes of which it is composed.