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to purify
01
to clean and improve the quality of a substance by removing impurities and increasing its concentration
Transitive: to purify a substance
02
to remove guilt, moral flaws, or impurities from someone or something
Transitive: to purify a person or their spirits
03
to undergo a process of becoming free from impurities or morally flawless
Intransitive
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Example
The water treatment plant regularly purifies drinking water before distribution.
To obtain high-quality essential oils, manufacturers carefully purify plant extracts through distillation.
The scientist devised a method to purify the compound by distillation in the laboratory.
Distilleries use various methods to purify alcohol and achieve a higher concentration.
In the lab, students learn how to purify solvents by distillation in organic chemistry experiments.
