purify
verb /ˈpjʊərɪfaɪ/
/ˈpjʊrɪfaɪ/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they purify | /ˈpjʊərɪfaɪ/ /ˈpjʊrɪfaɪ/ |
| he / she / it purifies | /ˈpjʊərɪfaɪz/ /ˈpjʊrɪfaɪz/ |
| past simple purified | /ˈpjʊərɪfaɪd/ /ˈpjʊrɪfaɪd/ |
| past participle purified | /ˈpjʊərɪfaɪd/ /ˈpjʊrɪfaɪd/ |
| -ing form purifying | /ˈpjʊərɪfaɪɪŋ/ /ˈpjʊrɪfaɪɪŋ/ |
- purify something to make something pure by removing substances that are dirty, harmful or not wanted
- One tablet will purify a litre of water
- The extract was purified by chromatography.
- purify somebody/something/yourself to make somebody pure by removing evil from their souls
- Hindus purify themselves by bathing in the River Ganges.
- to purify the soul
- purify something (from something) (specialist) to take a pure form of a substance out of another substance that contains it
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French purifier, from Latin purificare, from purus ‘pure’.