purify

//ˈpjʊərɪfaɪ//
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Verb

purifyInfinitive
purifyPresent tense
purifiedPast tense
purifiedPast participle
purifyingPresent participle
purifiesThird-person singular
1

To remove contaminants or impurities from something, making it clean or pure.

This filter can purify water by removing harmful bacteria.

2

To free someone or something from sin, guilt, or moral corruption.

The priest performed a ritual to purify the soul of the sinner.

3

To extract or refine a substance to obtain a purer form.

The laboratory uses a special process to purify the metal.

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