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purify

/pˈjʊɹəˌfaɪ/PYUU-ruh-figh
/pˈjʊɹəˌfaɪ/PYUU-ruh-figh

Meaningto make clean

Common meaning: to make clean

Journey through time

  1. Latinpūrus, -a, -um‘clean, unmixed’
  2. Frenchpurifier
  3. Middle Englishpurifiensource
  4. Englishpurify‘to make clean’ · today

pur also in: purepurge

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin pūrus ‘clean, unmixed’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry pūrus, p. 1492 · dictionary scan

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