purify

• Verbo usado para indicar a ação de remover impurezas, contaminantes ou elementos indesejados de algo, tornando-o puro ou limpo.

A verb used to indicate the act of removing impurities, contaminants, or unwanted elements from something, making it clean or pure.

1. Remove impuritiesB2formalscientific

   To remove unwanted substances or contaminants from something, often through a process like distillation or filtration.

   Purificar

   • The water is purified through a series of filters.
   • They use a special machine to purify the air in the lab.
   • The chemist purified the compound by distillation.

   Sinônimosclarifycleansedecontaminatefilterpurgerefine

   Antônimoscontaminatedefilepollutetaint

2. Cleanse spirituallyC1formal

   To make something or someone free from sin, guilt, or moral impurity.

   Purificar espiritualmente

   • The ritual is meant to purify the soul.
   • He sought to purify his heart through meditation.
   • The ceremony was designed to purify the community of its past wrongdoings.

   Sinônimosabsolvecleansepurgesanctifyshrive

   Antônimoscontaminatecorruptdefilepollutetaint

3. Become clean or pureC1formal

   To become free from impurities, guilt, or sin, often through a process of self-improvement or cleansing.

   Purificar-se

   • The water purifies as it passes through the sand.
   • Through confession, he felt his spirit purify.
   • The air purifies naturally after a rainstorm.

   Sinônimosclarifycleanclearrefine

   Antônimoscontaminatedefilepollutesoiltaint