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purify

verb
🔊/ˈpjʊərɪfaɪ/
🔊/ˈpjʊrɪfaɪ/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they purify
🔊/ˈpjʊərɪfaɪ/
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he / she / it purifies
🔊/ˈpjʊərɪfaɪz/
🔊/ˈpjʊrɪfaɪz/
past simple purified
🔊/ˈpjʊərɪfaɪd/
🔊/ˈpjʊrɪfaɪd/
past participle purified
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-ing form purifying
🔊/ˈpjʊərɪfaɪɪŋ/
🔊/ˈpjʊrɪfaɪɪŋ/
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  1. purify something to make something pure by removing substances that are dirty, harmful or not wanted使（某物）洁净；净化
    • One tablet will purify a litre of water一丸即可净化一升水。
    • The extract was purified by chromatography.萃取物通过色谱纯化。
  2. purify somebody/something/yourself to make somebody pure by removing evil from their souls洗涤（思想）；净化（心灵）
    • Hindus purify themselves by bathing in the River Ganges.印度教徒在恒河中浸泡借以涤罪。🔊🔊
    • to purify the soul净化灵魂
  3. purify something (from something) (specialist) to take a pure form of a substance out of another substance that contains it提纯；精炼
    4. Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French purifier, from Latin purificare, from purus ‘pure’.