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purify

[ pyoor-uh-fahy ]

verb (used with object)

, pu·ri·fied, pu·ri·fy·ing.
  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 followed by of or from ).
  5. to make clean for ceremonial or ritual use.


verb (used without object)

, pu·ri·fied, pu·ri·fy·ing.
  1. to become pure.

purify

/ ˈpjʊərɪˌfaɪ; ˈpjʊərɪfɪˌkeɪtərɪ /

verb

  1. to free (something) of extraneous, contaminating, or debasing matter
  2. tr to free (a person, etc) from sin or guilt
  3. tr to make clean, as in a ritual, esp the churching of women after childbirth
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • purificatory, adjective
  • ˌpurifiˈcation, noun
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Other Words From

  • pu·ri·fi·ca·tion [py, oo, r-, uh, -fi-, key, -sh, uh, n], noun
  • pu·rif·i·ca·to·ry [py, oo, -, rif, -i-k, uh, -tawr-ee], adjective
  • pu·ri·fi·er noun
  • non·pu·ri·fy·ing adjective
  • re·pu·ri·fy verb repurified repurifying
  • self-pu·ri·fy·ing adjective
  • un·pu·ri·fied adjective
  • un·pu·ri·fy·ing adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of purify1

First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English purifien, from Middle French purifier, from Latin pūrificāre; pure, -ify
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Word History and Origins

Origin of purify1

C14: from Old French purifier, from Late Latin pūrificāre to cleanse, from pūrus pure + facere to make
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Example Sentences

It sought to eradicate Western influences and force Afghans to conform to its vision of a “purified” Islamic Afghanistan.

It has been corrected to note that additional processing would be required to purify the recovered silicon to PV-grade.

If buildings can’t handle extra filtration at the central unit and building owners can’t afford to upgrade the HVAC system, portable air-purifying machines may help.

The team purified the PET monomers and used them to make new clear plastic bottles.

Now based in Rwanda, she is COO at ­OffGridBox, a Boston-based startup whose all-in-one system uses energy from solar panels to charge batteries and purify water.

As for the claims that activated charcoal will help purify your body from toxins?

"We have an Islamic government, an interior ministry trying to purify its image, and a conservative masculine society," he says.

“I picture scientists finding new ways to purify water, or diagnose disease,” Sindi says.

From just past the city limits came Ernest Hemingway to purify the American language and create another heroic legend.

This, he believed, would gradually reduce the number of members to what it then was, and would purify elections.

To purify liquids by the dissipation of the volatile matters which may contaminate them.

Not all Doctor Filhiols burning of pungent substances in the cabin had been able to purify the air.

The heart of a man is like running water,—the years in their course purify the moral contagion.

By this means, they may sweeten and sanctify domestic enjoyments; by this renew and purify the flame of affection.

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