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Meaning of purify

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  purify
      v 1: remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and
           separate through the process of distillation; "purify the
           water" [syn: {purify}, {sublimate}, {make pure}, {distill}]
      2: make pure or free from sin or guilt; "he left the monastery
         purified" [syn: {purify}, {purge}, {sanctify}]
      3: become clean or pure or free of guilt and sin; "The hippies
         came to the ashram in order to purify"

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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