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purify

verb
/ˈpjʊəɹɪfaɪ/UK/ˈpjʊɹɪfaɪ/US

Etymology

From Middle English purifien, purifyen, from Old French purifier, purifiier, from Latin pūrificō, pūrificāre, from pūrus (“pure; clean”).

  1. derived from pūrificō
  2. derived from purifier
  3. inherited from purifien

Definitions

  1. To cleanse, or rid of impurities.

    • The modern arts deviate from the standards set forth by the divine—art should be used to purify one’s heart and improve one’s morality.

  2. To free from guilt or sin.

  3. To become pure.

The neighborhood

Derived

copurify, immunopurify, purifiable, purifyingly, repurify, unpurifying

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at purify. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at purify. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

5 hops · closes at purify

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA