Definition of Make pure

1. Verb. Remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation. "Purify the water"

Exact synonyms: Distill, Purify, Sublimate
Category relationships: Chemical Science, Chemistry
Generic synonyms: Ameliorate, Amend, Better, Improve, Meliorate
Related verbs: Distil, Distill
Specialized synonyms: Rectify, Refine, Purge
Derivative terms: Distillate, Distillation, Distillation, Distillment, Purification, Purification, Purifier, Purity, Sublimate

Lexicographical Neighbors of Make Pure

make off with
make old bones
make one's bed
make one's bed and lie in it
make one's mark
make one's way
make oneself at home
make oneself scarce
make or break
make out like a bandit
make over
make peace
make possible
make pure (current term)
make quick work of
make relaxed
make right
make room
make semblant
make sense
make short work of
make somebody's hair curl
make someone's blood boil
make someone's blood run cold
make someone's day
make someone's hair curl
make someone's jaw drop
make someone's nipples ache

Literary usage of Make pure

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Iliad of Homer by Homer, John Graham Cordery (1871)
"... make pure the air, and grant Sight to our eyes ; and though it be thy will To slay us, ... make pure ..."

2. A critical pronouncing dictionary and expositor of the English languageby John Walker by John Walker (1797)
"... pu rc-ti. va (i"3 • To make pure ; to free from any r\t raucous admixture; to make clear; to free from guilt or corruption ; to clear from ..."

3. The Biblical Repository and Classical Review. by American Biblical Repository (1849)
"Purge he defines by to cleanse, or purify, Purify, by to make pure, ... Johnson defines cleanse, to free from filth, purge, to cleanse—purify, to make pure. ..."

4. An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1893)
"PURIFY, to make pure. ... to make pure. — Lat. /»/ri- = puro-, crude form of purus, pure; and fie-, ..."

5. The Works of Thomas Jackson, D.D. ...: Sometime President of Corpus Christi by Thomas Jackson (1844)
"... Our lives vouchsafe first to make pure, Next, that our journey prove secure. And because God is called the King of heaven and Father of mercy, ..."

6. A Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson, John Walker, Robert S. Jameson (1828)
"To make pure ; to free from any extraneous admixture ; to make clear ; to free from guilt or corruption ; to free from pollution, as by lustration. ..."

7. A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary, and Expositor of the English Language ...by John Walker by John Walker (1806)
"Having power or. tendency to make pure. tur-è. (Л 12) (55/) J PURIFIER, ... To PURIFY, pù'rè-fî.va (iS3> To make pure ; to free from any extraneous ..."

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