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- pronunciation:
- pyuh
rih
faI
- parts of speech:
- transitive verb, intransitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Explorer, Word Parts
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
purifies, purifying, purified |
| definition 1: |
to free from dirt, contamination, or other unwanted elements.
Chemicals as well as filters are used to purify the drinking water.- synonyms:
- decontaminate, sanitize
- antonyms:
- adulterate, contaminate, corrupt, defile, pollute, soil, taint
- similar words:
- clarify, clean, cleanse, clear, deodorize, disinfect, distill, filter, freshen, isolate, purge, rarefy, refine, sterilize
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| definition 2: |
to rid of guilt and sin; make spiritually pure.
- synonyms:
- cleanse, purge, sanctify
- antonyms:
- pollute
- similar words:
- absolve, chasten, consecrate, exculpate, exonerate, redeem, rid, wash
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| related words: |
concentrate, expurgate, extract, fine, refine, scrub, strain |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| definition: |
to become pure.
- synonyms:
- purge
- similar words:
- clear, rarefy
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adverb + (v.)purify
highly, naturally, perfectly, ritually, thus
(v.)purify
+ noun
air,
antibody,
atmosphere,
blood,
body,
chlorine,
compound,
contaminant,
democracy,
device,
drinking,
element,
faith,
flame,
flax,
gallon,
groundwater,
language,
mechanism,
protein,
quantity,
religion,
ritual,
sample,
self,
soil,
soul,
spirit,
supply,
tablet,
taste,
uranium,
vision,
waste,
water
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| derivations: |
purification (n.), purifier (n.) |
The word purify
contains the following part:
-fy, -ify, -efy
Latin
verb-forming suffix
that means make, cause to be, become
  More about this word part:
The suffix group -fy
, -ify
, -efy
forms verbs from primarily Latin bases. When -ify
attaches to an English base, the base is an adjective ( uglify
, Frenchify
) or noun ( citify
, zombify) usually having one syllable or two syllables ending in |i|. Verbs ending in -fy
have corresponding noun forms ending in -ion: as a rule, -ify
becomes -ification ( verify
, verification); -efy
becomes -efaction ( putrefy
, putrefaction). See also fac, fic, fec, fact, fect.
Example words:
beautify, casefy, citify, clarify, dignify, diversify, Frenchify, justify, liquefy, magnify, pacify, petrify, purify, putrefy, qualify, quantify, ramify, satisfy, signify, solidify, speechify, stupefy, torrefy, uglify, verify, vilify, vivify
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