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pu⋅ri⋅fy
[pyoo
r-uh-fahy] 
verb, -fied, -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 fol. 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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| pu·ri·fy (pyŏŏr'ə-fī') v. pu·ri·fied, pu·ri·fy·ing, pu·ri·fies v. tr.
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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Purify
Pu"ri*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Purified; p. pr. & vb. n. Purifying.] [F. purifier, L. purificare; purus pure + -ficare (in comp.) to make. See Pure, and -fy.]1. To make pure or clear from material defilement, admixture, or imperfection; to free from extraneous or noxious matter; as, to purify liquors or metals; to purify the blood; to purify the air. 2. Hence, in figurative uses: (a) To free from guilt or moral defilement; as, to purify the heart. And fit them so Purified to receive him pure. --Milton. (b) To free from ceremonial or legal defilement. And Moses took the blood, and put it upon the horns of the altar, . . . and purified the altar. --Lev. viii. 15. Purify both yourselves and your captives. -- Num. xxxi. 19. (c) To free from improprieties or barbarisms; as, to purify a language. --Sprat.Purify
Pu"ri*fy\, v. i. To grow or become pure or clear.
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Language Translation for : purify
Spanish:
purificar,
German:
reinigen,
Japanese:
浄化する
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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