PURIFY
\pjˈʊɹɪfˌa͡ɪ], \pjˈʊɹɪfˌaɪ], \p_j_ˈʊ_ɹ_ɪ_f_ˌaɪ]\
Definitions of PURIFY
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
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remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distiilation; "purify the water"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation; "purify the water"
By Princeton University
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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.
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Hence, in figurative uses: (a) To free from guilt or moral defilement; as, to purify the heart.
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To free from improprieties or barbarisms; as, to purify a language.
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To grow or become pure or clear.
By Oddity Software
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Purifier.
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To make pure: to free from guilt or uncleanness: to free from improprieties or barbarisms, as language.
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To become pure:-pa.t. and pa.p. purified.
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
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