'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]
Synonyms of 'purify'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abate,
- abrade,
- absolve,
- abstract,
- acquit,
- atone,
- bate,
- beatify,
- bleach,
- bless,
- bolt,
- bowdlerize,
- canonize,
- chasten,
- clarify,
- clean,
- clean out,
- clean up,
- cleanse,
- clear,
- clear out,
- consecrate,
- curtail,
- decontaminate,
- decrassify,
- decrease,
- dedicate,
- deduct,
- delouse,
- depreciate,
- depurate,
- derogate,
- deterge,
- detract,
- devote,
- diminish,
- disinfect,
- disparage,
- distill,
- drain,
- dry-clean,
- dust,
- dust off,
- eat away,
- edulcorate,
- elute,
- enshrine,
- erode,
- essentialize,
- exalt,
- exculpate,
- excuse,
- exonerate,
- expiate,
- expurgate,
- extract,
- file away,
- filter,
- filtrate,
- forgive,
- freshen,
- fumigate,
- glorify,
- hallow,
- impair,
- leach,
- lessen,
- lixiviate,
- lustrate,
- narrow,
- oversimplify,
- pardon,
- percolate,
- purge,
- rectify,
- redeem,
- reduce,
- reduce to elements,
- refine,
- reform,
- remit,
- remove,
- restrain,
- retrench,
- rub away,
- saint,
- sanctify,
- sanitize,
- scavenge,
- screen,
- separate,
- set apart,
- shorten,
- shrive,
- sieve,
- sift,
- simplify,
- spiritualize,
- spruce,
- steam-clean,
- strain,
- streamline,
- strip down,
- subduct,
- sublimate,
- sublime,
- subtract,
- sweep out,
- sweeten,
- take away,
- take from,
- thin,
- thin out,
- tidy,
- try,
- wash,
- wear away,
- weed,
- whiten,
- winnow,
- wipe,
- wipe off,
- wipe out,
- wipe up,
- withdraw