purify

verb

become clean or pure or free of guilt and sin

make pure or free from sin or guilt

remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation

Roots

puruspuri- · Latin · pure, clean facio-fy · Latin · to make

Synonyms for purify

lustratev depuratev purgen cleansev sanctifyv detergev distillv cleanadj sanitizev sublimaten

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