purify, sublimate, make pure, distill
(verb) remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation; “purify the water”
purify, purge, sanctify
(verb) make pure or free from sin or guilt; “he left the monastery purified”
purify
(verb) become clean or pure or free of guilt and sin; “The hippies came to the ashram in order to purify”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
purified (comparative more purified, superlative most purified)
Made or rendered pure or more pure.
purified
simple past tense and past participle of purify
Source: Wiktionary
Pu"ri*fy v. t. [imp. & p. p. Purified; p. pr. & vb. n. Purifying.] Etym: [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.
2. Hence, in figurative uses: (a) To free from guilt or moral defilement; as, to purify the heart. And fit them so Purified to receive him pure. Milton.
(b) To free from ceremonial or legal defilement. And Moses took the blood, and put it upon the horns of the altar, . . . and purified the altar. Lev. viii. 15. Purify both yourselves and your captives. Num. xxxi. 19.
(c) To free from improprieties or barbarisms; as, to purify a language. Sprat.
Pu"ri*fy, v. i.
Definition: To grow or become pure or clear.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 November 2024
(noun) a person (usually but not necessarily a woman) who is thoroughly disliked; “she said her son thought Hillary was a bitch”
Coffee is a brewed drink prepared from roasted coffee beans, the seeds of berries from certain Coffea species. When coffee berries turn from green to bright red – indicating ripeness – they are picked, processed, and dried. Dried coffee seeds are roasted to varying degrees, depending on the desired flavor.
