purify

Definition of Purify in English :

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Verb

1. distill, make pure, purify, sublimate

remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation

Example Sentences:
'purify the water'

2. purge, purify, sanctify

make pure or free from sin or guilt

Example Sentences:
'he left the monastery purified'

3. purify

become clean or pure or free of guilt and sin

Example Sentences:
'The hippies came to the ashram in order to purify'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Purify

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verb -fies, -fying or -fied

1.

to free (something) of extraneous, contaminating, or debasing matter

2. (transitive)

to free (a person, etc) from sin or guilt

3. (transitive)

to make clean, as in a ritual, esp the churching of women after childbirth

Purify

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verb transitiveWord forms: ˈpuriˌfied or ˈpuriˌfying

1.

to rid of impurities or pollution

2.

to free from guilt, sin, or ceremonial uncleanness

3.

to free from incorrect or corrupting elements

4.

to purge (of or from)

verb intransitive

5.

to become purified

Purify

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tr.v. pu·ri·fied, pu·ri·fy·ing, pu·ri·fies

1. To rid of impurities: purify water.

2. To rid of foreign or objectionable elements: tried to purify the party of its dissenters.

3. To free from moral or spiritual defilement: rituals to purify the soul.

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