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purifying |
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb purify 2 senses of purify Sense 1 purify, sublimate, make pure, distill => refine => purge Sense 2 purify, sanctify => spiritualize, spiritualise => lustrate Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb purify 2 senses of purify Sense 1 purify, sublimate, make pure, distill => refine => purge Sense 2 purify, sanctify => spiritualize, spiritualise => lustrate Entailment of verb purify Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Frequency) of verb purify 2 senses of purify Sense 1 purify, sublimate, make pure, distill => better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate Sense 2 purify, sanctify => declare, adjudge, hold Familiarity of verb purify purify used as a verb is rare (polysemy count = 2) Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb purify Sense 1 purify, sublimate, make pure, distill => better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate -------------- Sense 2 purify, sanctify => declare, adjudge, hold -------------- Overview of verb purify The verb purify has 2 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (5) purify, sublimate, make pure, distill -- (remove impurities from "purify the water") 2. (1) purify, sanctify -- (declare holy or pure or free from sin; "he left the monastery purified") Overview of adj purifying The adj purifying has 3 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. purgatorial, purging, purifying -- (serving to purge or rid of sin; "purgatorial rites") 2. purifying -- (freeing from noxious matter; "filtration is a purifying agent") 3. cleansing, purifying -- (acting like an antiseptic) Antonyms of adj purifying 2 of 3 senses of purifying Sense 2 purifying (vs. adulterating) adulterating (vs. purifying), adulterant => extraneous, foreign Sense 3 cleansing, purifying INDIRECT (VIA antiseptic) -> septic Similarity of adj purifying 3 senses of purifying Sense 1 purgatorial, purging, purifying Pertains to noun purgation (Sense 1) =>purge, purging, purgation => clearing Sense 2 purifying (vs. adulterating) => ablutionary, cleansing => detergent, detersive => antiseptic Sense 3 cleansing, purifying => antiseptic (vs. septic) Attributes of adj purifying Familiarity of adj purifying purifying used as an adjective is uncommon (polysemy count = 3) Grep of adj purifying purifying Overview of verb purify The verb purify has 2 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (5) purify, sublimate, make pure, distill -- (remove impurities from "purify the water") 2. (1) purify, sanctify -- (declare holy or pure or free from sin; "he left the monastery purified") Overview of adj purifying The adj purifying has 3 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. purgatorial, purging, purifying -- (serving to purge or rid of sin; "purgatorial rites") 2. purifying -- (freeing from noxious matter; "filtration is a purifying agent") 3. cleansing, purifying -- (acting like an antiseptic)
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