Overview of verb purify

The verb purify has 3 senses

• purify, sublimate, make pure, distill -- (remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation; "purify the water")


• purify, purge, sanctify -- (make pure or free from sin or guilt; "he left the monastery purified")


• purify -- (become clean or pure or free of guilt and sin; "The hippies came to the ashram in order to purify")

Overview of adj purifying

The adj purifying has 3 senses

• purgatorial, purging, purifying -- (serving to purge or rid of sin; "purgatorial rites")


• purifying -- (freeing from noxious matter; "filtration is a purifying agent")


• cleansing, purifying -- (acting like an antiseptic)