Verb

• S: (v) purify, sublimate, make pure, distill (remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation) "purify the water"
• direct troponym / full troponym
• S: (v) refine, rectify (reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; separate from extraneous matter or cleanse from impurities) "refine sugar"
• S: (v) purge (rid of impurities) "purge the water"; "purge your mind"
• verb group
• domain category
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (v) better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate (to make better) "The editor improved the manuscript with his changes"
• S: (v) change, alter, modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation) "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"
• derivationally related form
• sentence frame
• Somebody ----s something
• Something ----s something
• S: (v) purify, purge, sanctify (make pure or free from sin or guilt) "he left the monastery purified"
• S: (v) purify (become clean or pure or free of guilt and sin) "The hippies came to the ashram in order to purify"