Definitions
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- verb Present participle of
purify .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective freeing from noxious matter
- adjective serving to purge or rid of sin
- adjective acting like an antiseptic
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Examples
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The soldiery seemed to him to spend their spare time in defacing the many churches of the city, chiefly in order to do what they called purifying them from all idols, in which term they included every sort of carving or picture, or even figures on monuments.
Under the Storm Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862
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Bothe asked Fleischmann to switch projects and begin purifying isotopes.
Walther Bothe and the Physics Institute: the Early Years of Nuclear Physics 2010
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This breath pattern is often called a purifying breath.
American Yoga Association Beginner’s Manual Fully Revised and Updated Alice Christensen 2010
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This breath pattern is often called a purifying breath.
American Yoga Association Beginner’s Manual Fully Revised and Updated Alice Christensen 2010
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Some research suggests that: some house plants are efficient in purifying indoor air.
Home Scents 2006
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Some research suggests that: some house plants are efficient in purifying indoor air.
Archive 2006-08-01 2006
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I eventually succeeded in purifying the toxin, but of larger importance was my discovery that I wanted to make biomedical research my life's work.
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Maybe there is something to that old saying about pain purifying, but I would not prescribe the treatment.
Moe, Thomas N. 1977
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Kriya refers to a purifying action using the breath.
Making Room for Mr. Right Robin 2009
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Kriya refers to a purifying action using the breath.
Making Room for Mr. Right Robin 2009
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