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Meaning Of Purify

  1. 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.
  2. v. t.
    Hence, in figurative uses: (a) To free from guilt or moral defilement; as, to purify the heart.
  3. v. t.
    To free from ceremonial or legal defilement.
  4. v. t.
    To free from improprieties or barbarisms; as, to purify a language.
  5. v. i.
    To grow or become pure or clear.



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