purificare — meaning in English
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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.
- purify verb To remove impurities from something, making it clean or pure.
- refine verb To remove impurities from a raw substance to make it purer.
- sanctify verb To make something holy or set it apart for religious use.
Senses
purificare 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 free from dirt; to clean, to purify.
- cleanse (transitive) To spiritually purify; to free from guilt or sin; to purge.
- purify (transitive) To cleanse, or rid of impurities.
- refine (intransitive) To become pure; to be cleared of impure matter.
- refine (transitive) To make nice or subtle.
- sanctify (transitive) To free from sin; to purify.
clarify — full definition
- verb To make an idea, statement, or situation easier to understand.
- verb To make a liquid clear by removing impurities.
cleanse — full definition
- verb To make thoroughly clean or free of impurities.
- verb To rid of something considered undesirable, corrupt, or sinful.