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purify
[ pyoor-uh-fahy ]
verb (used with object)
- to make pure; free from anything that debases, pollutes, adulterates, or contaminates:
to purify metals.
- to free from foreign, extraneous, or objectionable elements:
to purify a language.
- to free from guilt or evil.
- to clear or purge (usually followed by of or from ).
- to make clean for ceremonial or ritual use.
verb (used without object)
- to become pure.
purify
/ ˈpjʊərɪˌfaɪ; ˈpjʊərɪfɪˌkeɪtərɪ /
verb
- to free (something) of extraneous, contaminating, or debasing matter
- tr to free (a person, etc) from sin or guilt
- tr to make clean, as in a ritual, esp the churching of women after childbirth
Derived Forms
- purificatory, adjective
- ˌܰھˈپDz, noun
Other yvlog Forms
- ··ھ··پDz [py, oo, r-, uh, -fi-, key, -sh, uh, n], noun
- ····ٴ· [py, oo, -, rif, -i-k, uh, -tawr-ee], adjective
- ··ھ· noun
- ԴDz···ڲ·Բ adjective
- ···ڲ verb repurified repurifying
- -··ڲ·Բ adjective
- ܲ···ھ adjective
- ܲ···ڲ·Բ adjective
yvlog History and Origins
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of purify1
Example Sentences
Because Gaza’s water supplies depend on energy to pump and purify it, availability has fallen to sub-critical levels.
OceanWell Co. plans to anchor about two dozen 40-foot-long devices, called pods, to the seafloor several miles offshore and use them to take in saltwater and pump purified fresh water to shore in a pipeline.
It can purify water and slow down waves, protecting coastal areas from flooding as a result.
With no ski lifts you have to work a lot harder, but there’s something purifying in the effort it takes to climb hundreds of vertical feet to reach the top of a perfect line.
When it comes to Trump's fascist inclinations to "purify" a country he repeatedly describes as having "bad genes" and "poison" in its "blood," price is no object.
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