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пречиствам — meaning in English

prechistvam

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English meaning

  • clarify verb To make an idea, statement, or situation easier to understand.
  • cleanse verb To make thoroughly clean or free of impurities.
  • distil verb To exude (a liquid) in small drops; also, to give off (a vapour) which condenses in small drops.
  • fine adj Of high quality; excellent.
  • purge verb To rid something of unwanted elements; to cleanse or clear out completely.
  • purify verb To remove impurities from something, making it clean or pure.
  • rectify verb To correct a mistake or fix a problem.
  • refine verb To remove impurities from a raw substance to make it purer.

Senses

пречиствам is used for these senses in English:

  • clarify (ergative, of liquids, such as wine or syrup) To make or become clear or bright by freeing from impurities or turbidity.
  • cleanse (transitive) To spiritually purify; to free from guilt or sin; to purge.
  • distil To heat (a substance, usually a liquid) so that a vapour is produced, and then to cool the vapour so that it condenses back into a liquid, either to purify the original substance or to obtain one of its components; to subject to distillation.
  • fine (transitive) To make finer, purer, or cleaner; to purify or clarify.
  • purge (transitive, intransitive, medicine) To evacuate (the bowels or the stomach); to defecate or vomit.
  • purify (transitive) To cleanse, or rid of impurities.
  • rectify (transitive, chemistry) To purify or refine (a substance) by distillation. [from 15th c.]
  • refine (transitive) To purify; reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; to free from impurities.

clarify — full definition

  1. verb To make an idea, statement, or situation easier to understand.
  2. verb To make a liquid clear by removing impurities.

cleanse — full definition

  1. verb To make thoroughly clean or free of impurities.
  2. verb To rid of something considered undesirable, corrupt, or sinful.

Related Bulgarian words