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purify

  • verb
  • /ˈpjʊəɹɪfaɪ/

To cleanse, or rid of impurities.

Other meanings

  1. To free from guilt or sin.

  2. To become pure.

Synonyms

  • make pure
  • distill

Related words

  • immunopurify
  • purifiable
  • repurify
  • purifyingly
  • unpurifying
  • copurify

Word history

From Latin "pūrificō" (pūrificō, pūrificāre).

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “purify” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.