Meanings
present singular third person purifies · participle present purifying · participle past purified · past purified
- transitiveTo cleanse, or rid of impurities.
The modern arts deviate from the standards set forth by the divine—art should be used to purify one’s heart and improve one’s morality.
2020 May 4, “Young Practitioners Should Carefully Read “How the Specter of Communism Is Ruling Our World””, in Minghui - intransitiveTo become pure.
Synonyms & antonyms
verbremove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinpūrificō, pūrificāre
- Old Frenchpurifier
- Middle Englishpurifien
- Englishpurify
From Middle English purifien, purifyen, from Old French purifier, purifiier, from Latin pūrificō, pūrificāre, from pūrus (“pure; clean”).
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek καθαρίζω, ἁγνίζω
- καθαρίζω (katharízō)cleanse something of impurities
- ἁγνίζω (hagnízō)cleanse something of impurities
- ἁγνίζω (hagnízō)free someone from guilt or sin
Arabic صَفَّى
- صَفَّى (ṣaffā)cleanse something of impurities
Bulgarian пречиствам
- пречиствам (prečistvam)cleanse something of impurities
Catalan purificar
- purificarcleanse something of impurities
Chinese Mandarin 使純淨 /使纯净, 使潔淨 /使洁净
- 使純淨 /使纯净 (shǐ chúnjìng)cleanse something of impurities
- 使潔淨 /使洁净 (shǐ jiéjìng)cleanse something of impurities
- 純化 /纯化 (chúnhuà)cleanse something of impurities
Dutch zuiveren, reinigen
- zuiverencleanse something of impurities
- reinigenfree someone from guilt or sin
Esperanto purigi, senpekigi
- purigicleanse something of impurities
- senpekigifree someone from guilt or sin
- pekliberigifree someone from guilt or sin
Finnish puhdistaa, kirkastaa
- puhdistaacleanse something of impurities
- kirkastaacleanse something of impurities
French purifier, purifier
- purifiercleanse something of impurities
- purifierfree someone from guilt or sin
German reinigen, rein machen
- reinigencleanse something of impurities
- rein machenfree someone from guilt or sin
Greek καθαρίζω, εξαγνίζω
- καθαρίζω (katharízo)cleanse something of impurities
- εξαγνίζω (exagnízo)free someone from guilt or sin
Hebrew טיהר
- טיהר (tihér)cleanse something of impurities
Hungarian megtisztít, megtisztít
- megtisztítcleanse something of impurities
- megtisztítfree someone from guilt or sin
- feloldozfree someone from guilt or sin
Irish íonaigh, íonghlan
- íonaighcleanse something of impurities
- íonghlancleanse something of impurities
Italian purificare
- purificarecleanse something of impurities
Latin purifico, abluō
- purificocleanse something of impurities
- abluōcleanse something of impurities
Māori whakaparakore, whakahoromata
- whakaparakorecleanse something of impurities
- whakahoromatacleanse something of impurities
Persian خالص کردن, پالودن
- خالص کردن (xâles kardan)cleanse something of impurities
- پالودن (pâludan)cleanse something of impurities
Polish oczyszczać, oczyścić
- oczyszczaćcleanse something of impurities
- oczyścićcleanse something of impurities
Portuguese purificar
- purificarcleanse something of impurities
Russian очища́ть, очи́стить
- очища́ть (očiščátʹ)cleanse something of impurities
- очи́стить (očístitʹ)cleanse something of impurities
Spanish purificar, depurar
- purificarcleanse something of impurities
- depurarcleanse something of impurities
Swahili takasa, kusafisha
- takasacleanse something of impurities
- kusafishafree someone from guilt or sin
Swedish rena
- renacleanse something of impurities
Thai ทำให้บริสุทธิ์, ชำระล้าง
- ทำให้บริสุทธิ์cleanse something of impurities
- ชำระล้างcleanse something of impurities
Turkish arınmak
- arınmakcleanse something of impurities
Ukrainian очища́ти, очи́стити
- очища́ти (očyščáty)cleanse something of impurities
- очи́стити (očýstyty)cleanse something of impurities
Welsh puro, pureiddio
- purocleanse something of impurities
- pureiddiocleanse something of impurities
- glanhaucleanse something of impurities
- coethicleanse something of impurities
- terucleanse something of impurities
Cite this entry
purify. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/purify
“purify.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/purify. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “purify,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/purify.
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