purifying Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. verb remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation
   make pure; purify; sublimate; distill.
   
   • purify the water
2. verb make pure or free from sin or guilt
   purge; purify; sanctify.
   
   • he left the monastery purified
3. verb become clean or pure or free of guilt and sin
   purify.
   
   • The hippies came to the ashram in order to purify
4. adjective serving to purge or rid of sin
   purgatorial; purging.
   
   • purgatorial rites
5. adjective freeing from noxious matter
   
   • filtration is a purifying agent
6. adjective satellite acting like an antiseptic
   cleansing.
   

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