purify
verb
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- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation
purify the water
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- purification derivation
- purifier derivation
- distillation derivation
- refining derivation
- purity derivation
- distillate derivation
- sublimate derivation
- chemistry domain topic
- distill verb group
Sense 2 verb
make pure or free from sin or guilt
he left the monastery purified
Types & categories
- change hypernym
- spiritualise hyponym
- lustrate hyponym
Related & opposite
- purge derivation
- purgation derivation
- sanctification derivation
- apotheosis derivation
- holy man derivation
- sinlessness derivation
Sense 3 verb
become clean or pure or free of guilt and sin
The hippies came to the ashram in order to purify
Types & categories
- change hypernym
Related & opposite
- purification derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | purification |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | purifier |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | distillation |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | refining |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | purity |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | distillate |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | sublimate |
| 1 | domain topic | Related & opposite | chemistry |
| 1 | verb group | Related & opposite | distill |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | improve |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | rectify |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | purge |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | purge |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | purgation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | sanctification |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | apotheosis |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | holy man |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | sinlessness |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | change |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | spiritualise |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | lustrate |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | purification |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | change |