purify
verb (used with object)
to make pure; free from anything that debases, pollutes, adulterates, or contaminates.
have purified
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present perfectof purify.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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‘Fortunately, this place is sacred to me. By clearing away those ghosts, you have purified it and given me a moment of clarity. I will be able to speak with you - if only briefly.’
From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan
The tiled floors I have washed with carbolic-soap, and the libraries I have purified with Thiocamp.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, May 30, 1891 by Various
"Seeing ye have purified your souls, in obeying the truth through the Spirit."
From A Practical Directory for Young Christian Females Being a Series of Letters from a Brother to a Younger Sister by Harvey Newcomb
I may have been something of all that, but you have purified me, Rose.
From The Sea-Hawk by Rafael Sabatini
But when they have purified themselves, ye may approach them in any manner, time, or place ordained for you by Allah.
From Three Translations of The Koran (Al-Qur'an) side by side by Abdullah Yusuf Ali
