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PURIFYING
cleansing, purifying
(adjective) acting like an antiseptic
purifying
(adjective) freeing from noxious matter; “filtration is a purifying agent”
purgatorial, purging, purifying
(adjective) serving to purge or rid of sin; “purgatorial rites”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
purifying
present participle of purify
Noun
purifying (plural purifyings)
An act of purification.
These ritual purifyings have taken place for thousands of years.
Source: Wiktionary
PURIFY
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
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