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pu⋅ri⋅fy

  [pyoor-uh-fahy] verb, -fied, -fy⋅ing.
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–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 fol. by of or from).
5. to make clean for ceremonial or ritual use.
–verb (used without object)
6. to become pure.
Origin:
1250–1300; ME purifien < MF purifier < L pūrificāre. See pure, -ify

Related forms:
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
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Total Parasite Cleanse.
Safely remove parasite & their eggs Rid your body of harmful organisms.
ParasiteCleanse.com
Purify
How To Cleanse - Detoxify The Whole Body. It All Begins With Your Colon
www.puristat.com/coloncleanse
pu·ri·fy   (pyŏŏr'ə-fī')   
v.   pu·ri·fied, pu·ri·fy·ing, pu·ri·fies

v.   tr.

  1. To rid of impurities; cleanse.

  2. To rid of foreign or objectionable elements.

  3. To free from sin, guilt, or other defilement.

v.   intr.
To become clean or pure.

[Middle English purifien, from Old French purifier, from Latin pūrificāre : pūrus, clean; see pure + -ficāre, -fy.]
pu·rif'i·ca·to'ry (pyŏŏ-rĭf'ĭ-kə-tôr'ē, -tōr'ē) adj., pu'ri·fi'er n.
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Word Origin & History

purify 
c.1300, "free from spiritual pollution," from O.Fr. purifier (12c.), from L. purificare "to make pure," from purus "pure" (see pure) + root of facere "to make" (see factitious). Meaning "free from extraneous matter" is recorded from c.1440. Purification first attested c.1380; in ref. to Feast of the Purification of the Virgin Mary, from 1389.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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