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purifying |
2 definitions found 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 WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: purifying adj 1: serving to purge or rid of sin; "purgatorial rites" [syn: {purgatorial}, {purging}] 2: freeing from noxious matter; "filtration is a purifying agent" [ant: {adulterating}] 3: acting like an antiseptic [syn: {cleansing}]
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