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ˈepurate, v. rare.|ˈɛpjʊəreɪt|
[f. F. épur-er to purify: see -ate 6.]
trans. To purify. lit and fig.
1799Hist. in Ann. Reg. 474 The departmental administration, which having been long before epurated, was in the secret of the revolution. 1801W. Taylor in Monthly Mag. XII. 581 As the evaporation of water in the sunshine epurates the atmosphere. 1813― Monthly Rev. LXXII. 473 With a diction epurated at Paris in royal times, she [Mde. de Genlis] is still not a classical writer.
Hence ˈepurated ppl. a.
1815W. Taylor in Monthly Rev. LXXVI. 501 An epurated Christianity. |