purify

purify
purification, n.purificatory /pyoo rif"i keuh tawr'ee, -tohr'ee/, adj.purifier, n.
/pyoor"euh fuy'/, v., purified, purifying.
v.t.
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 fol. by of or from).
5. to make clean for ceremonial or ritual use.
v.i.
6. to become pure.
[1250-1300; ME purifien < MF purifier < L purificare. See PURE, -IFY]

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