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Definition of Purifying
1. Adjective. Serving to purge or rid of sin. "Purgatorial rites"
2. Adjective. Freeing from noxious matter. "Filtration is a purifying agent"
3. Adjective. Acting like an antiseptic.
Definition of Purifying
1. Verb. (present participle of purify) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Purifying
1. purify [v] - See also: purify
Lexicographical Neighbors of Purifying
Literary usage of Purifying
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Toda Grammar and Texts by Murray Barnson Emeneau (1984)
"This is what they call the purifying of the funeral place. 10. After they have
finished purifying the funeral place, the w'is oi priest goes to the funeral ..."
2. Preventive medicine and hygiene by Milton Joseph Rosenau (1917)
"The purifying effects of water vegetation are therefore placed near the head of
the list of self-purifying agencies. DILUTION AND SEDIMENTATION. ..."
3. Pharmaceutical Journal by Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (1856)
"ON A PROCESS FOR OBTAINING AND purifying GLYCERINE, AND ON SOME OF ITS APPLICATIONS.
BY MR. О. Г. WILSON. The paper I was asked to give was one on our new ..."
4. The Making, Shaping and Treating of Steel by James McIntyre Camp, Charles Blaine Francis (1920)
"General Principles of the Methods of purifying Pig Iron: ... For the purpose of
purifying by oxidation two substances are available. ..."
5. Steam Power Plant Engineering by George Frederick Gebhardt (1913)
"purifying Plants. — The function of a purifying plant is the Emulation of all
... purifying plants are continuous or intermittent in operation od are ..."
6. The Making, Shaping and Treating of Steel by James McIntyre Camp, Charles Blaine Francis (1920)
"General Principles of the Methods of purifying Pig Iron: From a commercial ...
For the purpose of purifying by oxidation two substances are available. ..."
7. The Mechanical Engineer's Pocket-book: A Reference Book of Rules, Tables by William Kent (1902)
"purifying Feed-water for Steam-boilers. (See also Incrustation and Corrosion, p.
Tlli.) — When the water used for steam-boilers contains a large amount of ..."
8. Preventive Medicine and Hygiene by Milton Joseph Rosenau, George Chandler Whipple, John William Trask, Thomas William Salmon (1921)
"No method of purifying water can be considered to approach a satisfactory ...
NATURE'S METHODS OF purifying WATER In nature, water is purified by various ..."
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