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purify
[pyoor-uh-fahy]
verb (used with object)
to make pure; free from anything that debases, pollutes, adulterates, or contaminates.
to purify metals.
to free from foreign, extraneous, or objectionable elements.
to purify a language.
to free from guilt or evil.
to clear or purge (usually followed by of orfrom ).
to make clean for ceremonial or ritual use.
verb (used without object)
to become pure.
purify
/ ˈpjʊərɪˌfaɪ, ˈpjʊərɪfɪˌkeɪtərɪ /
verb
to free (something) of extraneous, contaminating, or debasing matter
(tr) to free (a person, etc) from sin or guilt
(tr) to make clean, as in a ritual, esp the churching of women after childbirth
Other 51Թ Forms
- purification noun
- purificatory adjective
- purifier noun
- nonpurifying adjective
- repurify verb
- self-purifying adjective
- unpurified adjective
- unpurifying adjective
- ˌܰھˈپDz noun
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of purify1
Example Sentences
It then brings the cooking oil and grease to a plant in Comayagua, where they are purified and processed in a reaction known as saponification.
The pool’s mechanical room looks like the boiler room of an ocean liner — with giant tanks that purify pool water and another system that stabilizes the temperature.
Urine needs to be kept separate because it's purified and treated to be re-used as drinking water, she explains.
Virgin steel-making involves iron being extracted from its original source to be purified and treated to make all types of steel used in major construction projects, such as new buildings and railways.
Trump has also promised to purify and purge the “blood” of the nation from “the enemies within” and other human poison.
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