- 1purify something to make something pure by removing substances that are dirty, harmful, or not wanted One tablet will purify a quart of water.
- 2purify somebody/something/yourself to make someone pure by removing evil from their souls Hindus purify themselves by bathing in the river Ganges. to purify the soul
- 3purify something (from something) (technology) to take a pure form of a substance out of another substance that contains it
purify
verbNAmE//ˈpyʊrəˌfaɪ//
Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they purify he / she / it purifies
past simple purified
-ing form purifying
NAmE//ˌpyʊrəfəˈkeɪʃn//
noun [uncountable] a water purification plantSee purify in the Oxford Advanced Learner's DictionaryCheck pronunciation: purify