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1. (v.t.) purify
to make pure; free from pollutants or contaminants.
2. purify
to free from extraneous or objectionable elements.
3. purify
to free from guilt or evil.
4. purify
to make clean for ceremonial or ritual use.
5. (v.i.) purify
to become pure.
Etymology: (1250–1300; ME < MF purifier < L pūrificāre)
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| Definition of 'purify' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) purify, sublimate, make pure, distill
remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation
"purify the water"
2. (verb) purify, purge, sanctify
make pure or free from sin or guilt
"he left the monastery purified"
3. (verb) purify
become clean or pure or free of guilt and sin
"The hippies came to the ashram in order to purify"
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| Definition of 'purify' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (verb) purify
to make pure or clear from material defilement, admixture, or imperfection; to free from extraneous or noxious matter; as, to purify liquors or metals; to purify the blood; to purify the air
2. (verb) purify
hence, in figurative uses: (a) To free from guilt or moral defilement; as, to purify the heart
3. (verb) purify
to free from ceremonial or legal defilement
4. (verb) purify
to free from improprieties or barbarisms; as, to purify a language
5. (verb) purify
to grow or become pure or clear
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Sense: to make pure
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 Afrikaans: suiwer |
 Arabic: يُصَفّي، يُنَقّي، |
 Bulgarian: пречиствам |
 Brazilian: purificar |
 Czech: (pro)čistit |
 German: reinigen |
 Danish: rense |
 Greek: καθαρίζω, εξαγνίζω |
 Spanish: purificar |
 Estonian: puhastama |
 Farsi: پاک کردن؛ تصفیه کردن |
 Finnish: puhdistaa |
 French: purifier |
 Hebrew: לְטָהֵר |
 Hindi: शुद्ध करना, शोधित करना |
 Hungarian: (meg)tisztít |
 Indonesian: memurnikan |
 Icelandic: hreinsa |
 Italian: purificare |
 Japanese: 浄化する |
 Korean: 정화하다 |
 Lithuanian: gryninti, (ap)valyti |
 Latvian: attīrīt |
 Malay: menulenkan |
 Dutch: zuiveren |
 Norwegian: rense |
 Polish: oczyścić |
 Persian: پاک کردن؛ تصفیه کردن |
 Pashto: پاكول،صافول |
 Portuguese: purificar |
 Romanian: a purifica |
 Russian: очищать |
 Slovak: (pre)čistiť |
 Slovenian: očistiti |
 Serbian: očistiti |
 Swedish: rena |
 Thai: ทำให้บริสุทธิ์ |
 Turkish: temizlemek, arıtmak |
 Taiwanese: 使純淨 |
 Ukrainian: очищати(ся) |
 Urdu: پاک کرنا |
 Vietnamese: lọc; làm sạch |
 Chinese: 使洁净 |
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