Purify

v. t.	1.	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. [imp. & p. p. Purified (pū"rĭ*fīd); p. pr. & vb. n. Purifying (pū"rĭ*fī"ĭng).]
	2.	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.
	3.	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.
	4.	To free from improprieties or barbarisms; as, to purify a language.
v. i.	1.	To grow or become pure or clear.

Verb	1.	purify - remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation; "purify the water" Synonyms: distill, make pure, sublimate
	2.	purify - make pure or free from sin or guilt; "he left the monastery purified" Synonyms: sanctify, purge
	3.	purify - become clean or pure or free of guilt and sin; "The hippies came to the ashram in order to purify"

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