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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 51Թ 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
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of purify1
Example Sentences
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.
It can purify water and slow down waves, protecting coastal areas from flooding as a result.
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