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  • 11purify — purification, n. purificatory /pyoo rif i keuh tawr ee, tohr ee/, adj. purifier, n. /pyoor euh fuy /, v., purified, purifying. v.t. 1. to make pure; free from anything that debases, pollutes, adulterates, or contaminates: to purify metals. 2. to… …

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  • 12purify — pu|ri|fy [ˈpjuərıfaı US ˈpjur ] v past tense and past participle purified present participle purifying third person singular purifies [T] 1.) to remove dirty or harmful substances from something ▪ chemicals used to purify the water 2.) to make… …

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  • 13purify — pu|ri|fy [ pjurəfaı ] verb transitive 1. ) to make something clean by removing dirty or harmful substances from it: The rooms are equipped with systems that purify the air and water. 2. ) to make a person holy or without evil: the need to purify… …

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  • 14purify — [[t]pjʊ͟ərɪfaɪ[/t]] purifies, purifying, purified VERB If you purify a substance, you make it pure by removing any harmful, dirty, or inferior substances from it. [V n] I take wheat and yeast tablets daily to purify the blood... [V ed] Only… …

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  • 15purify — verb 1) trees help to purify the air Syn: clean, cleanse, refine, decontaminate; filter, clarify, clear, freshen, deodorize; sanitize, disinfect, sterilize 2) they purify themselves before the ceremony Syn …

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  • 16purify —   Ho oma ema e.   Also: huikala, lele uli; ho opapa (as a woman after childbirth);    ♦ purify with water, lele wai, hāwai, kai ōlena;    ♦ purify with salt water, kapu kai, kapukapu kai, pī kai, pī kai ōlena, pī kai kea …

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  • 17purify — verb Purify is used with these nouns as the object: ↑water …

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  • 18purify — v. (D; tr.) to purify of * * * [ pjʊ(ə)rɪfaɪ] (D;tr.) to purifyof …

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  • 19purify by removing the foreign and nonessential — index distill Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 20Purify (album) — Infobox Album Name = Purify Type = studio Artist = Axis of Advance Released = 2006 Recorded = Genre = Length = Label = Producer = Reviews = Last album = This album = Next album = Purify is a mini album released by the Canadian technical death… …

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