Pu"ri*fy (?) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Purified (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Purifying (?).] [F.purifier, L. purificare; purus pure + -ficare (in comp.) to make. See Pure, and -fy.]
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.
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.
(b)
To free from ceremonial or legal defilement
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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.
(c)
To free from improprieties or barbarisms; as, to purify a language
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Sprat.
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Pu"ri*fy, v. i.
To grow or become pure or clear.
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