purify

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verb

1. remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation (Freq. 2)
- purify the water
• Syn:
sublimate, make pure, distill
• Derivationally related forms:
distillate (for: distill), distillment (for: distill), distillation (for: distill), sublimate (for: sublimate), purification, purity, purifier
• Topics:
chemistry, chemical science
• Hypernyms:
better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate
• Hyponyms:
refine, rectify, purge
• Verb Group:
distill, distil
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
2. make pure or free from sin or guilt (Freq. 1)
- he left the monastery purified
• Syn:
purge, sanctify
• Derivationally related forms:
sanctification (for: sanctify), saint (for: sanctify), purge (for: purge), purgation (for: purge), purification, purity
• Hypernyms:
change, alter, modify
• Hyponyms:
spiritualize, spiritualise, lustrate
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
3. become clean or pure or free of guilt and sin
- The hippies came to the ashram in order to purify
• Derivationally related forms:
purification
• Hypernyms:
change
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  purge, sanctify, sublimate, make pure, distill