purify
verbUK /ˈpjʊəɹɪfaɪ/ · US /ˈpjʊɹɪfaɪ/
Etymology From Middle English purifien, purifyen, from Old French purifier, purifiier, from Latin pūrificō, pūrificāre, from pūrus (“pure; clean”).
1
To cleanse, or rid of impurities.
- The modern arts deviate from the standards set forth by the divine—art should be used to purify one’s heart and improve one’s morality.2020 May 4, “Young Practitioners Should Carefully Read “How the Specter of Communism Is Ruling Our World””, in Minghui:
2
To free from guilt or sin.
3
To become pure.
- Antonyms
- defile
- Derived terms
- copurify, immunopurify, purifiable, purifyingly, repurify, unpurifying
- Related terms
- puritan