depurate

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/ˈdɛpjʊəɹeɪt//ˈdiːpjʊəɹeɪt//ˈdɛpjʊəɹət/

verb

To remove impurities from; to purify.

OriginLate Latin depuratus →
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Meanings

verbdepurate (third-person singular simple present depurates, present participle depurating, simple past and past participle depurated)

present singular third person depurates · participle present depurating · participle past depurated · past depurated

  1. transitiveTo remove impurities from; to purify.

    depurate the salt

    1663, Robert Boyle, “(please specify the page)”, in Some Considerations Touching the Vsefulnesse of Experimental Naturall Philosophy, […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Hen[ry] Hall printer to the University, for Ric[hard] Davis, →OCLC, part I
  2. transitiveTo make impure.
adjectivedepurate (comparative more depurate, superlative most depurate)

comparative more depurate · superlative most depurate

  1. obsoleteDepurated; cleansed; freed from impurities.

Origin

  1. Late Latindepuratus
  2. Englishdepurate

From Late Latin depuratus, past participle of depurare (“to purify”).

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APA

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MLA

“depurate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/depurate. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “depurate,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/depurate.

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