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v. sanctify, make pure, expiate sins; cleanse, remove dirt or contamination


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Purify may refer to:Purification, the act or process of purifying.IBM Rational Purify, in computing, debugger software.
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Purify
(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.)
To free from improprieties or barbarisms; as, to purify a language.
  
 
(v. t.)
To free from ceremonial or legal defilement.
  
 
(v. t.)
Hence, in figurative uses: (a) To free from guilt or moral defilement; as, to purify the heart.
  
 
(v. i.)
To grow or become pure or clear.
  

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A debugging tool from Pure Software.


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purify
Verb
1. remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation; "purify the water"
(synonym) sublimate, make pure, distill
(hypernym) better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate
(hyponym) refine, rectify
(verb-group) distill, distil
(derivation) refining, refinement, purification
(classification) chemistry, chemical science
2. make pure or free from sin or guilt; "he left the monastery purified"
(synonym) purge, sanctify
(hypernym) change, alter, modify
(hyponym) spiritualize, spiritualise
(derivation) purification, purgation
3. become clean or pure or free of guilt and sin; "The hippies came to the ashram in order to purify"
(hypernym) change
(derivation) purification



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