Purify (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

verb (used with object), pu·ri·fied, pu·ri·fy·ing.
  1. to make pure; free from anything that debases, pollutes, adulterates, or contaminates: to purify metals.
  2. to free from foreign, extraneous, or objectionable elements: to purify a language.
  3. to free from guilt or evil.
  4. to clear or purge (usually followed by of or from).
  5. to make clean for ceremonial or ritual use.
verb (used without object), pu·ri·fied, pu·ri·fy·ing.
  1. to become pure.
verb -fies, -fying or -fied
  1. to free (something) of extraneous, contaminating, or debasing matter
  2. to free (a person, etc) from sin or guilt
  3. to make clean, as in a ritual, esp the churching of women after childbirth
Purify (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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