01 v. t. To make pure or clear from material defilement, admixture, or imperfection; to free from extraneous or noxious matter; as, to purify liquor…
imp. & p. p.
Purified; p. pr. & vb. n.
Purifying
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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.“And fit them so Purified to receive him pure.” — Milton.
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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.
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To free from improprieties or barbarisms; as, to purify a language.