transitive. To purify, refine.

transitive. To cleanse, purify (a person, the body, etc.); to free from or rid of impurity. Also figurative, to clear of guilt (= purge, v.1 1). Obs…

transitive. To make pure or clear; to remove extraneous matter from; to clarify (a liquid, esp. wine or beer); to refine (metal). Also with down.

transitive. To purify.

transitive. To make pure, purify; to cleanse; to refine, remove impurities from. Obsolete.

transitive. To make physically pure or clean by the removal of dirt, impurities, or waste matter; to rid or free of or (rare) from impurities or…

transitive. To make physically pure or clean; to remove dirt, filth, etc., from; (in later use esp.) to remove impurities or contaminants from (a…

transitive. To free from impurity, cleanse, purify (literal and figurative); = depurate, v.

To make pure and clear, or clean (physically, also morally); to free from all impurities; to clear.

transitive. To cleanse, purify from, of (anything unclean or objectionable).

transitive. To remove impurities or dregs from; to purify, clarify, or refine; also occasionally intransitive. In later use: spec. to remove…

transitive. = subtilize, v. 3. Occasionally also intransitive. Cf. earlier subtile, v. 1, subtle, v. 3a.

transitive. In general use. To free from impurities; to purify, cleanse; to separate from something base or inferior. Now rare.

transitive. To purify; to make clean or neat; to put in good order. Also occasionally intransitive.

figurative. To extract the quintessence of; to concentrate, purify.

transitive. gen. To act on (a substance) so as to produce a refined product. Also with into. Chiefly (and now only) in figurative context. Now rare.

To free from offensive taste or smell; to render fresh; to free from taint, purify, bring into a wholesome condition.

transitive. To free from impurities, purify, cleanse.

transitive. To make fresh; to freshen.

transitive. To purify; = lustrate, v.1 1.

transitive. To purify by a propitiatory offering; to cleanse by (or as if by) lustration; gen. to purify.

transitive. To restore (something) to a fresh condition; to renew; to make (something) newer, cleaner, or more attractive. Now chiefly in to fresh…

To render chaste or pure in character or style; to purify, refine. (Cf. chaste, adj. 8.)

transitive. To purify. literal and figurative.

transitive. To make chaste, purify.

transitive. To free from pollution.