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purify

/ purify /
verb

Definitions & Examples

verb Sense 1
remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation
"purify the water"
Type of:
better improve amend
Kinds of:
refine rectify purge
Derived:
distillate distillation distillment sublimate refining
Verb group:
distill distil
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Domain:
chemistry chemical science
verb Sense 2
make pure or free from sin or guilt
"he left the monastery purified"
Type of:
change alter modify
Kinds of:
spiritualize spiritualise lustrate
Derived:
sanctification ideal paragon nonpareil saint
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb Sense 3
become clean or pure or free of guilt and sin
"The hippies came to the ashram in order to purify"
Type of:
change
Derived:
purification
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
Semantic Complexity
67%
Sense Count
3
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
26
Times Searched
3
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better improve amend refine rectify purge change alter modify spiritualize spiritualise lustrate