'Purify' definitions:

Definition of 'purify'

From: WordNet
verb
Remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation; "purify the water" [syn: purify, sublimate, make pure, distill]
verb
Make pure or free from sin or guilt; "he left the monastery purified" [syn: purify, purge, sanctify]
verb
Become clean or pure or free of guilt and sin; "The hippies came to the ashram in order to purify"

Definition of 'Purify'

From: GCIDE
  • Purify \Pu"ri*fy\ (p[=u]"r[i^]*f[imac]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Purified (p[=u]"r[i^]*f[imac]d); p. pr. & vb. n. Purifying (p[=u]"r[i^]*f[imac]"[i^]ng).] [F. purifier, L. purificare; purus pure + -ficare (in comp.) to make. See Pure, and -fy.]
  • 1. 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Hence, in figurative uses: (a) To free from guilt or moral defilement; as, to purify the heart. [1913 Webster]
  • And fit them so Purified to receive him pure. --Milton. [1913 Webster] (b) To free from ceremonial or legal defilement. [1913 Webster]
  • And Moses took the blood, and put it upon the horns of the altar, . . . and purified the altar. --Lev. viii. 15. [1913 Webster]
  • Purify both yourselves and your captives. -- Num. xxxi. 19. [1913 Webster] (c) To free from improprieties or barbarisms; as, to purify a language. --Sprat. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Purify'

From: GCIDE
  • Purify \Pu"ri*fy\, v. i. To grow or become pure or clear. [1913 Webster]

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