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purify
[ pyoor-uh-fahy ]
verb (used with object)
- 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.
verb (used without object)
- to become pure.
purify
/ ˈpjʊərɪˌfaɪ; ˈpjʊərɪfɪˌkeɪtərɪ /
verb
- 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
Derived Forms
- purificatory, adjective
- ˌܰھˈپDz, noun
Other Word Forms
- ··ھ··پDz [py, oo, r-, uh, -fi-, key, -sh, uh, n], noun
- ····ٴ· [py, oo, -, rif, -i-k, uh, -tawr-ee], adjective
- ··ھ· noun
- ԴDz···ڲ·Բ adjective
- ···ڲ verb repurified repurifying
- -··ڲ·Բ adjective
- ܲ···ھ adjective
- ܲ···ڲ·Բ adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of purify1
Example Sentences
Virgin steel-making involves iron being extracted from its original source to be purified and treated to make all types of steel used in major construction projects, such as new buildings and railways.
Trump has also promised to purify and purge the “blood” of the nation from “the enemies within” and other human poison.
I felt that for those six days, the candle itself was purifying me of any shame, anger, sadness, grief or disillusionment.
Because Gaza’s water supplies depend on energy to pump and purify it, availability has fallen to sub-critical levels.
OceanWell Co. plans to anchor about two dozen 40-foot-long devices, called pods, to the seafloor several miles offshore and use them to take in saltwater and pump purified fresh water to shore in a pipeline.
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