purify
verb (used with object)
to make pure; free from anything that debases, pollutes, adulterates, or contaminates.
purifying
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present participleof purify.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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The Welsh-born, 38-year-old engineer has logged hundreds of laps on Germany’s fabled Nürburgring Nordschleife purifying Bentley’s quintessences.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026
Sartre argued that for the antisemite, “there is no question of building a new society, but only of purifying the one that exists.”
From Salon ● Dec. 17, 2025
The companies purifying water look like better bets than the high-tech customers who use it.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 9, 2025
To perform the analysis, the researchers used acetonitrile to extract PAHs before purifying the samples with several combinations of sorbents.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 1, 2025
She found in the outer court a beautiful lad in priestly attire intent on purifying the sacred place with water from a golden vessel, singing as he worked a hymn of praise to the god.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
