purifier

[pyoor-uh-fahy]

pu·ri·fy

[pyoor-uh-fahy] verb, pu·ri·fied, pu·ri·fy·ing.
verb (used with object)
1.
to make pure; free from anything that debases, pollutes, adulterates, or contaminates: to purify metals.
2.
to free from foreign, extraneous, or objectionable elements: to purify a language.
3.
to free from guilt or evil.
4.
to clear or purge (usually followed by of or from).
5.
to make clean for ceremonial or ritual use.
verb (used without object)
6.
to become pure.

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Purifier is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.

Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English purifien < Middle French purifier < Latin pūrificāre. See pure, -ify

pu·ri·fi·ca·tion, noun
pu·rif·i·ca·to·ry [pyoo-rif-i-kuh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] , adjective
pu·ri·fi·er, noun
non·pu·ri·fi·ca·tion, noun
non·pu·ri·fy·ing, adjective
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re·pu·ri·fi·ca·tion, noun
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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purifier (ˈpjʊərɪˌfaɪə)
 
n
a device or substance that frees something of extraneous, contaminating, or debasing matter

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