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"
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• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• 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"