Definition of purify

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Purify (v. t.) To free from ceremonial or legal defilement.

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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..
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..
Expurgatory :: Expurgatory (a.) Serving to purify from anything noxious or erroneous; cleansing; purifying.
Ceresin :: Ceresin (n.) A white wax, made by bleaching and purifying ozocerite, and used as a substitute for beeswax..
Purifying :: Purifying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Purif.
Fumigatory :: Fumigatory (a.) Having the quality of purifying by smoke.
Circumcise :: Circumcise (v. t.) To purify spiritually.
Clean :: Clean (a.) To render clean; to free from whatever is foul, offensive, or extraneous; to purify; to cleanse..
Purify :: 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..
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..
Concoct :: Concoct (v. t.) To purify or refine chemically.
Spiritualize :: Spiritualize (v. t.) To refine intellectiually or morally; to purify from the corrupting influence of the world; to give a spiritual character or tendency to; as, to spiritualize soul..
Depurative :: Depurative (a.) Purifying the blood or the humors; depuratory.
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..
Depurgatory :: Depurgatory (a.) Serving to purge; tending to cleanse or purify.
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..
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..
Purify :: Purify (v. t.) Hence, in figurative uses: (a) To free from guilt or moral defilement; as, to purify the heart..
Refinery :: Refinery (n.) The building and apparatus for refining or purifying, esp. metals and sugar..
Edulcorant :: Edulcorant (a.) Having a tendency to purify or to sweeten by removing or correcting acidity and acrimony.
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