PURIFY Synonyms

• make clear and (more) comprehensible

• make clear by removing impurities or solids, as by heating

• clean one's body or parts thereof, as by washing

• purge of an ideology, bad thoughts, or sins

• rid of contamination

• destroy microorganisms or pathogens by cleansing

• device that removes something from whatever passes through it

• an electrical device that alters the frequency spectrum of signals passing through it

• remove by passing through a filter

• pass through

• run or flow slowly, as in drops or in an unsteady stream

• improve or perfect by pruning or polishing

• make more complex, intricate, or richer

• treat or prepare so as to put in a usable condition

• reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; separate from extraneous matter or cleanse from impurities

• attenuate or reduce in vigor, strength, or intensity by polishing or purifying

• make more precise or increase the discriminatory powers of

• make sanitary by cleaning or sterilizing

• make less offensive or more acceptable by removing objectionable features

• make free from bacteria

• make infertile

• a thin coat of water-base paint

• the work of cleansing (usually with soap and water)

• the dry bed of an intermittent stream (as at the bottom of a canyon)

• the erosive process of washing away soil or gravel by water (as from a roadway)

• the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller

• a watercolor made by applying a series of monochrome washes one over the other

• garments or white goods that can be cleaned by laundering

• any enterprise in which losses and gains cancel out

• clean with some chemical process

• cleanse (one's body) with soap and water

• cleanse with a cleaning agent, such as soap, and water

• move by or as if by water

• be capable of being washed

• admit to testing or proof

• separate dirt or gravel from (precious minerals)

• apply a thin coating of paint, metal, etc., to

• remove by the application of water or other liquid and soap or some other cleaning agent

• form by erosion

• make moist

• wash or flow against

• wash by removing particles

• to cleanse (itself or another animal) by licking

• remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation

• undergo the process of distillation

• extract by the process of distillation

• undergo condensation; change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops

• give off (a liquid)

• the act of clearing yourself (or another) from some stigma or charge

• an act of removing by cleansing; ridding of sediment or other undesired elements

• an abrupt or sudden removal of a person or group from an organization or place

• oust politically

• clear of a charge

• make pure or free from sin or guilt

• rid of impurities

• rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid

• eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth

• excrete or evacuate (someone's bowels or body)

• render holy by means of religious rites

• give religious sanction to, such as through an oath

• make pure or free from sin or guilt

• the product of vaporization of a solid

• made pure

• direct energy or urges into useful activities

• make more subtle or refined

• remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation

• change or cause to change directly from a solid into a vapor without first melting

• vaporize and then condense right back again

• remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation