Word Meaning

purify definition and meaning

v. t. 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.
v. t. Hence, in figurative uses: (a) To free from guilt or moral defilement; as, to purify the heart.
v. t. To free from ceremonial or legal defilement.
v. t. To free from improprieties or barbarisms; as, to purify a language.
v. i. To grow or become pure or clear.

Crossword clues for purify

- Cleanse
- Decontaminate