PURIFY
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Pu"ri*fy (p&ū;"rĭ*f&ī;), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Purified (p&ū;"rĭ*f&ī;d); p. pr. & vb. n. Purifying (p&ū;"rĭ*f&ī;"ĭng).] [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.
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2. Hence, in figurative uses: (a) To free from guilt or moral defilement; as, to purify the heart.
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And fit them so
Purified to receive him pure.
Milton.
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(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.
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Purify both yourselves and your captives.
Num. xxxi. 19.
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(c) To free from improprieties or barbarisms; as, to purify a language. Sprat.
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Pu"ri*fy, v. i. To grow or become pure or clear.
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