Definition of purify

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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..

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Chasten :: Chasten (v. t.) To purify from errors or faults; to refine.
Fumigate :: Fumigate (n.) To apply smoke to; to expose to smoke or vapor; to purify, or free from infection, by the use of smoke or vapors..
Purifying :: Purifying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Purif.
Defecate :: Defecate (v. t.) To clear from impurities, as lees, dregs, etc.; to clarify; to purify; to refine..
Depure :: Depure (v. t.) To depurate; to purify.
Sprinkle :: Sprinkle (v. i.) To baptize by the application of a few drops, or a small quantity, of water; hence, to cleanse; to purify..
Sublime :: Sublime (v. t.) To subject to the process of sublimation; to heat, volatilize, and condense in crystals or powder; to distill off, and condense in solid form; hence, also, to purify..
Edulcorative :: Edulcorative (a.) Tending to /weeten or purify by affusions of water.
Filter :: Filter (n.) To purify or defecate, as water or other liquid, by causing it to pass through a filter..
Purify :: Purify (v. t.) To free from ceremonial or legal defilement.
Refine :: Refine (v. t.) To reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; to free from impurities; to free from dross or alloy; to separate from extraneous matter; to purify; to defecate; as, to refine gold or silver; to refine iron; to refine wine or sugar..
Fumigatory :: Fumigatory (a.) Having the quality of purifying by smoke.
Sanctify :: Sanctify (v. t.) To make free from sin; to cleanse from moral corruption and pollution; to purify.
Purify :: Purify (v. t.) To free from improprieties or barbarisms; as, to purify a language..
Strain :: Strain (a.) To press, or cause to pass, through a strainer, as through a screen, a cloth, or some porous substance; to purify, or separate from extraneous or solid matter, by filtration; to filter; as, to strain milk through cloth..
Purrificatory :: Purrificatory (a.) Serving or tending to purify; purificative.
Air :: Air (n.) To expose to the air for the purpose of cooling, refreshing, or purifying; to ventilate; as, to air a room..
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..
Fine :: Fine (a.) To make fine; to refine; to purify, to clarify; as, to fine gold..
Expurgatory :: Expurgatory (a.) Serving to purify from anything noxious or erroneous; cleansing; purifying.
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