purify
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 or from).
to make clean for ceremonial or ritual use.
to become pure.
Origin of purify
1Other words from purify
- pu·ri·fi·ca·tion [pyoor-uh-fi-key-shuhn], /pyʊər ə fɪˈkeɪ ʃən/, noun
- pu·rif·i·ca·to·ry [pyoo-rif-i-kuh-tawr-ee], /pyʊˈrɪf ɪ kəˌtɔr i/, adjective
- pu·ri·fi·er, noun
- non·pu·ri·fy·ing, adjective
- re·pu·ri·fy, verb, re·pu·ri·fied, re·pu·ri·fy·ing.
- self-pu·ri·fy·ing, adjective
- un·pu·ri·fied, adjective
- un·pu·ri·fy·ing, adjective
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British Dictionary definitions for purify
/ (ˈpjʊərɪˌfaɪ) /
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
Origin of purify
1Derived forms of purify
- purification, noun
- purificatory (ˈpjʊərɪfɪˌkeɪtərɪ), adjective
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