PUREE

I. noun or purée Etymology: French purée, from Middle French, from feminine of puré, past participle of purer to purify, strain, from Latin purare to purify, from purus Date: 1707 a paste or thick liquid suspension usually made from cooked food ground finely, a thick soup made of ~d vegetables, II. transitive verb or purée (~d or puréed; ~ing or puréeing) Date: 1928 to make a ~ of