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purify
pu‧ri‧fy/ˈpjʊərəfaɪ, ˈpjʊərɪfaɪ $ ˈpjʊr-/ verb (past tense and past participle purified, present participle purifying, third person singular purifies) [TRANSITIVE] [Word Family: noun: purification, purist, purity ≠ impurity, purifier; verb: purify; adverb: purely; adjective: pure ≠ impure] 1. to remove dirty or harmful substances from something: ▪ chemicals used to purify the water
2. to make someone pure by removing evil from their soul: ▪ They prayed to God to purify them.
—purification /ˌpjʊərəfəˈkeɪʃən, ˌpjʊərɪfəˈkeɪʃən $ ˌpjʊr-/ noun [UNCOUNTABLE]: ▪ water purification tablets
verb COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS NOUN water ▪ But this alone will not purify your water of waste products that are invisible to the eye. ▪ There will be a strong incentive to at least recover and purify water for reuse. ▪ In fact it will purify the water even further. ▪ I understand that they purify minuscule amounts of water. EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ a bottle of purified linseed oil ▪ It has been found that houseplants help purify the air. ▪ The solution is purified by passing it through a carbon filter. ▪ The system purifies water by filtering it through sand. ▪ You can purify water by boiling and filtering it. EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Distillation liberated the spirits from fermented grains and fruit juices, and in time ethyl alcohol was purified. ▪ He purified the substance to be tested. ▪ It should also comfort to recognize that, in the final analysis, these sums are operating to purify decision-making. ▪ It will separate and purify molecules ranging from a few milligrams to several grams from solution. ▪ On the contrary, they saw themselves as purifying a church that had become diluted, dehydrated, and despoiled.
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