Definition of purify

Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of purify is as below...

Purify (v. t.) 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..

Lern More About Purify

Purifying :: Purifying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Purif.
Sanctify :: Sanctify (v. t.) To make free from sin; to cleanse from moral corruption and pollution; to purify.
Edulcorative :: Edulcorative (a.) Tending to /weeten or purify by affusions of water.
Sublime :: Sublime (v. t.) To exalt; to heighten; to improve; to purify.
Purificative :: Purificative (a.) Having power to purify; tending to cleanse.
Concoct :: Concoct (v. t.) To purify or refine chemically.
Demephitize :: Demephitize (v. t.) To purify from mephitic or foul air.
Ceresin :: Ceresin (n.) A white wax, made by bleaching and purifying ozocerite, and used as a substitute for beeswax..
Try :: Try (v. t.) To purify or refine, as metals; to melt out, and procure in a pure state, as oil, tallow, lard, etc..
Elutriate :: Elutriate (v. t.) To wash or strain out so as to purify; as, to elutriate the blood as it passes through the lungs; to strain off or decant, as a powder which is separated from heavier particles by being drawn off with water; to cleanse, as by washing..
Purification :: Purification (n.) The act of purifying; the act or operation of separating and removing from anything that which is impure or noxious, or heterogeneous or foreign to it; as, the purification of liquors, or of metals..
Edulcorant :: Edulcorant (a.) Having a tendency to purify or to sweeten by removing or correcting acidity and acrimony.
Sublimatory :: Sublimation (n.) That which is sublimed; the product of a purifying process.
Montanist :: Montanist (n.) A follower of Mintanus, a Phrygian enthusiast of the second century, who claimed that the Holy Spirit, the Paraclete, dwelt in him, and employed him as an instrument for purifying and guiding men in the Christian life..
Defecate :: Defecate (v. t.) To free from extraneous or polluting matter; to clear; to purify, as from that which materializes..
Bolt :: Bolt (v. t.) To sift or separate the coarser from the finer particles of, as bran from flour, by means of a bolter; to separate, assort, refine, or purify by other means..
Rectify :: Rectify (v. t.) To refine or purify by repeated distillation or sublimation, by which the fine parts of a substance are separated from the grosser; as, to rectify spirit of wine..
Purify :: Purify (v. t.) To free from improprieties or barbarisms; as, to purify a language..
Lustrate :: Lustrate (v. t.) To make clear or pure by means of a propitiatory offering; to purify.
Air :: Air (n.) To expose to the air for the purpose of cooling, refreshing, or purifying; to ventilate; as, to air a room..
Random Fonts
Most Popular

close
Privacy Policy   GDPR Policy   Terms & Conditions   Contact Us