make pure

• Tornar puro, limpar ou remover impurezas de algo, usado tanto no sentido literal (químico ou físico) quanto no figurado (moral ou espiritual).

To cleanse, refine, or remove impurities from something, often used in a literal (chemical or physical) or figurative (moral or spiritual) sense.

1. Purify or cleanseB2formal

   To remove impurities, contaminants, or unwanted elements from something.

   Purificar

   • The water treatment plant works to make pure the local water supply.
   • Ancient alchemists sought to make pure base metals into gold.
   • The ritual was designed to make pure the soul of the participant.

2. Refine or perfectC1formal

   To improve something by removing flaws or imperfections.

   Refinar ou aperfeiçoar

   • The editor helped make pure the author's prose.
   • Years of practice helped make pure his technique.
   • The process is used to make pure the chemical compound.