purify
verb (used with object)
to make pure; free from anything that debases, pollutes, adulterates, or contaminates.
had purified
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past perfectof purify.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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There was high-speed Wi-Fi throughout and a filtration system to ensure that every tap and shower had purified water.
From New York Times ● Sep. 12, 2014
Buddha had purified all his karma and escaped the cycle of birth and death due to karma.
From BBC ● Jan. 21, 2010
Chemists had purified it, changed its consistency and injected it with Vitamin A. They had reduced the size of its water particles so that, when heated, it sizzled and foamed instead of popping and spattering.
From Time Magazine Archive
It was night indeed, but the late storm had purified the air, and the radiance of a full moon was universal and dazzling.
From Edgar Huntly or, Memoirs of a Sleep-Walker by Brown, Charles Brockden
"And at the last, when the beauty, the wind, the sun, the rain, and the voice of God, had purified me in some measure, my cousin brought me to visit these holy men."
From Christmas Its Origin, Celebration and Significance as Related in Prose and Verse by Schauffler, Robert Haven
