sanctifying, making pure, expiating sins; cleansing, removing dirt or contamination
sanctify, make pure, expiate sins; cleanse, remove dirt or contamination
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Purifying Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Purify
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. Aboutof Purify
Nithiant = n. a purifying
Puriad = n. a purifying
Puriant = n. a purifying
Purol = a. purifying, cleansing
Adjective
1. serving to purge or rid of sin; "purgatorial rites"
(synonym) purgatorial, purging
(pertainym) purge, purging, purgation
2. freeing from noxious matter; "filtration is a purifying agent"
(antonym) adulterating, adulterant
(similar) ablutionary, cleansing
3. acting like an antiseptic
(synonym) cleansing
(similar) antiseptic
Verb
1. remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation; "purify the water"
(synonym) sublimate, make pure, distill
(hypernym) better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate
(hyponym) refine, rectify
(verb-group) distill, distil
(derivation) refining, refinement, purification
(classification) chemistry, chemical science
2. make pure or free from sin or guilt; "he left the monastery purified"
(synonym) purge, sanctify
(hypernym) change, alter, modify
(hyponym) spiritualize, spiritualise
(derivation) purification, purgation
3. become clean or pure or free of guilt and sin; "The hippies came to the ashram in order to purify"
(hypernym) change
(derivation) purification
Purifying Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Purification is the process of rendering something pure, i.e. clean of foreign elements and/or pollution, and may refer to:
- List of purification methods in chemistry
- Water purification
- Organisms used in water purification
- Purification of quantum state in quantum mechanics, especially quantum information
- Purification theorem in game theory and economics, a Nash equilibrium consisting of randomly mixed strategies
- Ritual purification, the religious activity to remove uncleanliness
- Purification of the Virgin, a Christian liturgical feast
- Purification Rundown in Scientology, a procedure that supposedly rids the body of toxins
- Purification, a 2002 Crimson Thorn album
- Sweat lodge
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