purify

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. verb remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation
  2. verb make pure or free from sin or guilt
  3. verb become clean or pure or free of guilt and sin

Etymology

From Middle English purifien, purifyen, from Old French purifier, purifiier, from Latin pūrificō, pūrificāre, from pūrus (“pure; clean”).

In classic literature

Synonyms

sublimate, make pure, distill

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