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Definition of Make pure
1. Verb. Remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation. "Purify the water"
Category relationships: Chemical Science, Chemistry
Generic synonyms: Ameliorate, Amend, Better, Improve, Meliorate
Related verbs: Distil, Distill
Specialized synonyms: Rectify, Refine, Purge
Derivative terms: Distillate, Distillation, Distillation, Distillment, Purification, Purification, Purifier, Purity, Sublimate
Lexicographical Neighbors of Make Pure
Literary usage of Make pure
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Iliad of Homer by Homer, John Graham Cordery (1871)
"... make pure the air, and grant Sight to our eyes ; and though it be thy will To
slay us, ... make pure ..."
2. A critical pronouncing dictionary and expositor of the English languageby John Walker by John Walker (1797)
"... pu rc-ti. va (i"3 • To make pure ; to free from any r\t raucous admixture; to
make clear; to free from guilt or corruption ; to clear from ..."
3. The Biblical Repository and Classical Review. by American Biblical Repository (1849)
"Purge he defines by to cleanse, or purify, Purify, by to make pure, ...
Johnson defines cleanse, to free from filth, purge, to cleanse—purify, to make pure. ..."
4. An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1893)
"PURIFY, to make pure. ... to make pure. — Lat. /»/ri- = puro-, crude form of
purus, pure; and fie-, ..."
5. The Works of Thomas Jackson, D.D. ...: Sometime President of Corpus Christi by Thomas Jackson (1844)
"... Our lives vouchsafe first to make pure, Next, that our journey prove secure.
And because God is called the King of heaven and Father of mercy, ..."
6. A Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson, John Walker, Robert S. Jameson (1828)
"To make pure ; to free from any extraneous admixture ; to make clear ; to free
from guilt or corruption ; to free from pollution, as by lustration. ..."
7. A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary, and Expositor of the English Language ...by John Walker by John Walker (1806)
"Having power or. tendency to make pure. tur-è. (Л 12) (55/) J PURIFIER, ...
To PURIFY, pù'rè-fî.va (iS3> To make pure ; to free from any extraneous ..."
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