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US
/ˈpjʊɹəˌfaɪ/
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[ UK /pjˈʊɹɪfˌaɪ/ ]
[ UK /pjˈʊɹɪfˌaɪ/ ]
VERB
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make pure or free from sin or guilt
he left the monastery purified -
become clean or pure or free of guilt and sin
The hippies came to the ashram in order to purify -
remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation
purify the water
How To Use purify In A Sentence
- The purifying device comprises the micro-particles collecting material, the adsorbing material and a supporter.
- Despite efforts from several laboratories there has been no success in purifying the enzyme from plant tissues catalysing the synthesis of low or high molecular weight amide-linked conjugates.
- I laughed happier than before as I came to realize that it was purifying me.
- In earlier ages, Christians sought to purify themselves by abstaining from enjoyment, lest they enjoy material pleasure more than they enjoy God.
- Should you manage to purify yourself, your will still be able to journey to paradise.
- It sounds very presumptuous to say I wish to purify Mahler, but I do think, in a sense, that Mahler now has to be purified of all these non-musical preconceptions that have become attached to him.
- You said this would purify the Faith and make it stronger.
- Having confessed, according to the terms of the text, that the field or ground is not the Church, but the world, he proceeds, with a very strong animus against what he calls puritanism or separatism, [14] to argue in the usual way against every attempt to purify the visible The Parables of Our Lord
- The first smiths could change rocks into metal, purify as well as shape gold and copper and iron - most potent magic.
- Machines would be used only to sterilize and purify water that has already been cycled through the artificial biosphere.
