Hypertext Webster Gateway: "purify"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Purify \Pu"ri*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Purified}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Purifying}.] [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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Purify \Pu"ri*fy\, v. i.
To grow or become pure or clear.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

purify
v 1: remove impurities from; "purify the water" [syn: {sublimate},
{make pure}, {distill}]
2: declare holy or pure or free from sin; "he left the
monastery purified" [syn: {sanctify}]

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