purify
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.
to become pure.
Origin of purify
1Other words from purify
- pu·ri·fi·ca·tion [pyoor-uh-fi-key-shuhn], /pyʊər ə fɪˈkeɪ ʃən/, noun
- pu·rif·i·ca·to·ry [pyoo-rif-i-kuh-tawr-ee], /pyʊˈrɪf ɪ kəˌtɔr i/, adjective
- pu·ri·fi·er, noun
- non·pu·ri·fy·ing, adjective
- 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
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How to use purify in a sentence
That lake is extremely difficult of access to men of unpurified souls.
Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Bk. 3 Pt. 1 | Krishna-Dwaipayana VyasaThe residue is treated by one of a number of processes causing the unpurified solid paraffin to be made available.
It is true that the frontier lands are still unpurified, and that a remnant of evil is still refractory.
If it proves anything, it is that the unpurified is to be distrusted because it brings unhappiness in its train.
Iconoclasts | James HunekerBy Aditya, which of course commonly means the Sun, is indicated the unpurified soul (from adatte sabdadin indriadivis &c.).
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Bk. 3 Pt. 2 | Translated by Kisari Mohan Ganguli
British Dictionary definitions for purify
/ (ˈpjʊərɪˌfaɪ) /
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
Origin of purify
1Derived forms of purify
- purification, noun
- purificatory (ˈpjʊərɪfɪˌkeɪtərɪ), adjective
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