Purify
verb
To make something clean by getting rid of harmful, dirty, or impure substances.
We need to purify the water before we drink it.
Often appears as...
- purify water
- purify air
verb
To remove bad qualities or immoral behavior.
He decided to purify his soul by confessing his sins.
Often appears as...
- purify the soul
- purify oneself
verb
To make something simpler or more concentrated.
The scientists purify the drug before using it in experiments.
Often appears as...
- purify a drug
- purify a solution
Usage tips
Academic
verb
To make something clean by getting rid of harmful, dirty, or impure substances.
We need to purify the water before we drink it.
Often appears as...
- purify water
- purify air
verb
To remove bad qualities or immoral behavior.
He decided to purify his soul by confessing his sins.
Often appears as...
- purify the soul
- purify oneself
verb
To make something simpler or more concentrated.
The scientists purify the drug before using it in experiments.
Often appears as...
- purify a drug
- purify a solution
Usage tips
Academic
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Practical Uses
Purify often refers to making water or air safe and clean for use.
Charcoal filters are used to purify drinking water.
Pro Tip 2/3Beyond Cleaning
Purify implies removing harmful substances, not just dirt or mess.
Industrial plants must purify wastewater before releasing it.
Pro Tip 3/3Health Safety
In health contexts, purify stresses the elimination of germs and bacteria.
Hospitals often use UV light to purify the air in rooms.
Pro Tip 1/3Practical Uses
Purify often refers to making water or air safe and clean for use.
Charcoal filters are used to purify drinking water.
Pro Tip 2/3Beyond Cleaning
Purify implies removing harmful substances, not just dirt or mess.
Industrial plants must purify wastewater before releasing it.
Pro Tip 3/3Health Safety
In health contexts, purify stresses the elimination of germs and bacteria.
Hospitals often use UV light to purify the air in rooms.
Pro Tip 1/3Practical Uses
Purify often refers to making water or air safe and clean for use.
Charcoal filters are used to purify drinking water.
Pro Tip 2/3Beyond Cleaning
Purify implies removing harmful substances, not just dirt or mess.
Industrial plants must purify wastewater before releasing it.
Pro Tip 3/3Health Safety
In health contexts, purify stresses the elimination of germs and bacteria.
Hospitals often use UV light to purify the air in rooms.
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A plan to recycle the...
for purifying water, but we were also able to reduce Styrofoam waste, solving two global problems with just one solution. So from then on, we were inspired to take our project further, performing more tests to make it more effective and testing it in real world situations. We then proceeded to receive funding
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He Tastes Water Like...
water production so in the world usually the back label contains a lot of messages so it's interesting it looks like there's more information from the consumer actually on bottled water again China then in the States yes it contains a lot of information even just a bottle purified water that's
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How do nuclear power...
to scatter and slow down neutrons just enough to increase their capture by uranium and raise the rate of fission. Modern reactors commonly use purified water as a moderator, but the scattered neutrons are still a little too fast. To compensate and keep up the chain reaction,
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12 sustainable design...
with some wastewater treatment engineers; they purify wastewater. And some of them were very resistant, actually, to being there. What they said to us at first was, you know, we already do biomimicry. We use bacteria to clean our water. And we said,
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Birth of Voodoo PIPE...
path of evil to signal passage from the world of the dead to the world of the Spirit the body must come feet first into the village open palms invoked the spirit inviting it to return in voodoo contact with the chicken purifies the body
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Prohibition criminalizes...
the kids were going to do e at raves no matter how many cops we have in the street and he thought those kids should know what they were getting he died while purifying two point two kilos of dirty Street ecstasy in his kitchen the
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What happens if you cut...
Roots help prevent floods, while reducing the need for storm drains and water treatment plants. Their porous leaves purify the air by trapping carbon and other pollutants, making them essential in the fight against climate change.
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Blood Initiation PIPE...
gave birth to us some of their blood remains in us which is considered unclean when we do the ritual it helps get rid of the rubbish that is stored in our system and purifies us this is the
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Birth of Voodoo PIPE...
inviting it to return in voodoo contact with the chicken purifies the body preparing it for birth still a Seba seems lifeless a priestess calls on the
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Ultra-Pure Water PIPE...
mm-hmm how do I not know about that one was that don't over purify your water minerals and salts add character so what do you guys use this for good
Video examples
A plan to recycle the...
for purifying water, but we were also able to reduce Styrofoam waste, solving two global problems with just one solution. So from then on, we were inspired to take our project further, performing more tests to make it more effective and testing it in real world situations. We then proceeded to receive funding
Video examples
He Tastes Water Like...
water production so in the world usually the back label contains a lot of messages so it's interesting it looks like there's more information from the consumer actually on bottled water again China then in the States yes it contains a lot of information even just a bottle purified water that's
Video examples
How do nuclear power...
to scatter and slow down neutrons just enough to increase their capture by uranium and raise the rate of fission. Modern reactors commonly use purified water as a moderator, but the scattered neutrons are still a little too fast. To compensate and keep up the chain reaction,
Video examples
12 sustainable design...
with some wastewater treatment engineers; they purify wastewater. And some of them were very resistant, actually, to being there. What they said to us at first was, you know, we already do biomimicry. We use bacteria to clean our water. And we said,
Video examples
Birth of Voodoo PIPE...
path of evil to signal passage from the world of the dead to the world of the Spirit the body must come feet first into the village open palms invoked the spirit inviting it to return in voodoo contact with the chicken purifies the body
Video examples
Prohibition criminalizes...
the kids were going to do e at raves no matter how many cops we have in the street and he thought those kids should know what they were getting he died while purifying two point two kilos of dirty Street ecstasy in his kitchen the
Video examples
What happens if you cut...
Roots help prevent floods, while reducing the need for storm drains and water treatment plants. Their porous leaves purify the air by trapping carbon and other pollutants, making them essential in the fight against climate change.
Video examples
Blood Initiation PIPE...
gave birth to us some of their blood remains in us which is considered unclean when we do the ritual it helps get rid of the rubbish that is stored in our system and purifies us this is the
Video examples
Birth of Voodoo PIPE...
inviting it to return in voodoo contact with the chicken purifies the body preparing it for birth still a Seba seems lifeless a priestess calls on the
Video examples
Ultra-Pure Water PIPE...
mm-hmm how do I not know about that one was that don't over purify your water minerals and salts add character so what do you guys use this for good
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Quote examples
Brennan Manning
American Author
The dominant characteristic of an authentic spiritual life is the gratitude that flows from trust - not only for all the gifts that I receive from God, but gratitude for all the suffering. Because in that purifying experience, suffering has often been the shortest path to intimacy with God.
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Smedley Butler
American Soldier
I helped purify Nicaragua for the international banking house of Brown Brothers in 1909-1912. I brought light to the Dominican Republic for American sugar interests in 1916. In China I helped to see to it that Standard Oil went its way unmolested.
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Mahatma Gandhi
Indian Leader
A vow is a purely religious act which cannot be taken in a fit of passion. It can be taken only with a mind purified and composed and with God as witness.
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Walter F. Mondale
American Lawyer
We have no right to poison, to eat up, to chew, to pollute this wonderful country of ours. We are required to save it and purify it and protect it.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
American President
A nation that destroys its soils destroys itself. Forests are the lungs of our land, purifying the air and giving fresh strength to our people.
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Swami Vivekananda
Indian Clergyman
The more we come out and do good to others, the more our hearts will be purified, and God will be in them.
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Aeschylus
Greek Poet
I, schooled in misery, know many purifying rites, and I know where speech is proper and where silence.
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Princess Nokia
American Musician
I just want to purify my body, purify my mind, and make good music and keep living my life.
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Emma Goldman
Russian Activist
There is no hope even that woman, with her right to vote, will ever purify politics.
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Anna Julia Cooper
American Educator
A race cannot be purified from without.
Quote examples
Brennan Manning
American Author
The dominant characteristic of an authentic spiritual life is the gratitude that flows from trust - not only for all the gifts that I receive from God, but gratitude for all the suffering. Because in that purifying experience, suffering has often been the shortest path to intimacy with God.
Quote examples
Smedley Butler
American Soldier
I helped purify Nicaragua for the international banking house of Brown Brothers in 1909-1912. I brought light to the Dominican Republic for American sugar interests in 1916. In China I helped to see to it that Standard Oil went its way unmolested.
Quote examples
Mahatma Gandhi
Indian Leader
A vow is a purely religious act which cannot be taken in a fit of passion. It can be taken only with a mind purified and composed and with God as witness.
Quote examples
Walter F. Mondale
American Lawyer
We have no right to poison, to eat up, to chew, to pollute this wonderful country of ours. We are required to save it and purify it and protect it.
Quote examples
Franklin D. Roosevelt
American President
A nation that destroys its soils destroys itself. Forests are the lungs of our land, purifying the air and giving fresh strength to our people.
Quote examples
Swami Vivekananda
Indian Clergyman
The more we come out and do good to others, the more our hearts will be purified, and God will be in them.
Quote examples
Aeschylus
Greek Poet
I, schooled in misery, know many purifying rites, and I know where speech is proper and where silence.
Quote examples
Princess Nokia
American Musician
I just want to purify my body, purify my mind, and make good music and keep living my life.
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Emma Goldman
Russian Activist
There is no hope even that woman, with her right to vote, will ever purify politics.
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Anna Julia Cooper
American Educator
A race cannot be purified from without.
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