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See more synonyms for purify on Thesaurus.com verb (used with object), pu·ri·fied, pu·ri·fy·ing. to make pure; free from anything that debases, pollutes, adulterates, or contaminates: to purify metals. to free from foreign, extraneous, or objectionable elements: to purify a language. to free from guilt or evil. to clear or purge (usually followed by of or from ). to make clean for ceremonial or ritual use. Show More
verb (used without object), pu·ri·fied, pu·ri·fy·ing. to become pure. Show More
Origin of purify 1250–1300; Middle English purifien <
Middle French purifier <
Latin 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] /pyʊˈrɪf ɪ kəˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i/ adjective pu·ri·fi·er , noun non·pu·ri·fi·ca·tion , noun non·pu·ri·fy·ing , adjective 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 Dictionary.com Unabridged
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Related Words for purified absolve ,
atone ,
wash ,
lustrate ,
fumigate ,
expiate ,
purge ,
decontaminate ,
sanitize ,
exculpate ,
aerate ,
oxygenate ,
clarify ,
redeem ,
shrive ,
cleanse ,
exonerate ,
chasten ,
sublimate ,
deodorize Examples from the Web for purified Historical Examples of purified Still that could not matter, since charity redeemed and purified all.
But if the loveliness of her character should have purified his, and drawn and bound his soul to hers?
If any freeman consort with him, let him be purified before he returns to the city.
"Everything that grew or moved was purified ," she went on ringingly.
Instead of women's going to the polls corrupting them it has purified the polls.
British Dictionary definitions for purified verb -fies , -fying or -fied to free (something) of extraneous, contaminating, or debasing matter (tr) to free (a person, etc) from sin or guilt (tr) to make clean, as in a ritual, esp the churching of women after childbirth Show More
Derived Forms purification , noun purificatory (ˈpjʊərɪfɪˌkeɪtərɪ ), adjective Word Origin for purify C14: from Old French purifier, from Late Latin pūrificāre to cleanse, from pūrus pure + facere to make
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Word Origin and History for purified v. early 14c., "free from spiritual pollution," from Old French purefier "purify, cleanse, refine" (12c.), from Latin purificare "to make pure," from purus "pure" (see pure ) + root of facere "to make" (see factitious ). Meaning "free from extraneous matter" is recorded from mid-15c. Related: Purified ; purifying .
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