Lectionary Calendar
Thursday, May 2nd, 2024
the Fifth Week after Easter
Attention!
We are taking food to Ukrainians still living near the front lines. You can help by getting your church involved.
Click to donate today!

Bible Dictionaries
Purify

Webster's Dictionary

Search for…
or
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Prev Entry
Puriform
Next Entry
Purifying
Resource Toolbox
Additional Links

(1):

(v. t.) To make pure or clear from material defilement, admixture, or imperfection; to free from extraneous or noxious matter; as, to purify liquors or metals; to purify the blood; to purify the air.

(2):

(v. t.) Hence, in figurative uses: (a) To free from guilt or moral defilement; as, to purify the heart.

(3):

(v. t.) To free from ceremonial or legal defilement.

(4):

(v. t.) To free from improprieties or barbarisms; as, to purify a language.

(5):

(v. i.) To grow or become pure or clear.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Purify'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​p/purify.html. 1828.
adsFree icon
Ads FreeProfile