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Webster 1913 Edition
Purify
Pu′ri-fy
(pū′rĭ-fī)
, Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Purified
(pū′rĭ-fīd)
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Purifying
(pū′rĭ-fī′ĭng)
.] 1.
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.2.
Hence, in figurative uses:
(a)
To free from guilt or moral defilement; as, to
. purify
the heartAnd fit them so
Purified
to receive him pure. Milton.
(b)
To free from ceremonial or legal defilement.
And Moses took the blood, and put it upon the horns of the altar, . . . and
purified
the altar. Lev. viii. 15.
Purify
both yourselves and your captives. Num. xxxi. 19.
(c)
To free from improprieties or barbarisms;
as, to
. purify
a languageSprat.
Pu′ri-fy
,Verb.
I.
To grow or become pure or clear.
Webster 1828 Edition
Purify
PU'RIFY
,Verb.
T.
1.
To make pure or clear; to free from extraneous admixture; as, to purify liquors or metals; to purify the blood; to purify the air.2.
To free from pollution ceremonially; to remove whatever renders unclean and unfit for sacred services. Purify yourselves and your captives on the third day, and on the seventh day purify all your raiment. Num.31.
3.
To free from guilt or the defilement of sin; as, to purify the heart. Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify to himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works. Tit.2.
4.
To clear form improprieties or barbarisms; as, to purify a language.PU'RIFY
,Verb.
I.
Definition 2024
purify
purify
English
Verb
purify (third-person singular simple present purifies, present participle purifying, simple past and past participle purified)
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Translations
cleanse something of impurities
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