PURIFY


Meaning of PURIFY in English

verb

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ NOUN

water

But this alone will not purify your water of waste products that are invisible to the eye.

There will be a strong incentive to at least recover and purify water for reuse.

In fact it will purify the water even further.

I understand that they purify minuscule amounts of water .

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

a bottle of purified linseed oil

It has been found that houseplants help purify the air.

The solution is purified by passing it through a carbon filter.

The system purifies water by filtering it through sand.

You can purify water by boiling and filtering it.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

Distillation liberated the spirits from fermented grains and fruit juices, and in time ethyl alcohol was purified.

He purified the substance to be tested.

It should also comfort to recognize that, in the final analysis, these sums are operating to purify decision-making.

It will separate and purify molecules ranging from a few milligrams to several grams from solution.

On the contrary, they saw themselves as purifying a church that had become diluted, dehydrated, and despoiled.

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