Word
Purify
How many syllables?
3 Syllables
How it's divided?
pu-ri-fy
Definition
- v. t. - 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.
- v. t. - Hence, in figurative uses: (a) To free from guilt or
moral defilement; as, to purify the heart.
- v. t. - To free from ceremonial or legal defilement.
- v. t. - To free from improprieties or barbarisms; as, to purify
a language.
- v. i. - To grow or become pure or clear.
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