Definition of purify

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

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Filter :: Filter (n.) To purify or defecate, as water or other liquid, by causing it to pass through a filter..
Purrificatory :: Purrificatory (a.) Serving or tending to purify; purificative.
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..
Lustrate :: Lustrate (v. t.) To make clear or pure by means of a propitiatory offering; to purify.
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..
Sublimatory :: Sublimation (n.) That which is sublimed; the product of a purifying process.
Chasten :: Chasten (v. t.) To purify from errors or faults; to refine.
Defecate :: Defecate (v. t.) To clear from impurities, as lees, dregs, etc.; to clarify; to purify; to refine..
Fine :: Fine (a.) To make fine; to refine; to purify, to clarify; as, to fine gold..
Concoct :: Concoct (v. t.) To purify or refine chemically.
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..
Clean :: Clean (a.) To render clean; to free from whatever is foul, offensive, or extraneous; to purify; to cleanse..
Defecate :: Defecate (v. t.) To free from extraneous or polluting matter; to clear; to purify, as from that which materializes..
Filter :: Filter (n.) Any porous substance, as cloth, paper, sand, or charcoal, through which water or other liquid may passed to cleanse it from the solid or impure matter held in suspension; a chamber or device containing such substance; a strainer; also, a similar device for purifying 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..
Air :: Air (n.) To expose to the air for the purpose of cooling, refreshing, or purifying; to ventilate; as, to air a room..
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..
Expiate :: Expiate (v. t.) To purify with sacred rites.
Exorcise :: Exorcise (v. t.) To deliver or purify from the influence of an evil spirit or demon.
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