purify

transitive verb

To rid of impurities.

transitive verb

To rid of foreign or objectionable elements.

transitive verb

To free from moral or spiritual defilement.

To make pure or clear; free from contamination or extraneous admixture: as, to purify liquors or metals; to purify the blood; to purify the air.

To make ceremonially clean; cleanse or free from whatever pollutes or renders ceremonially unclean and unfit for sacred service.

To free from guilt, or the defilement of sin; free from whatever is sinful, vile, or base.

To elevate and free from barbarisms or inelegances: as, to purify a language.

To grow or become pure or clear.

intransitive verb

To grow or become pure or clear.

transitive verb

To make pure or clear from material defilement, admixture, or imperfection; to free from extraneous or noxious matter