epuratev.
/ˈɛpjʊəreɪt/ rare.
transitive. To purify. literal and figurative.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > freedom from impurities > removal of impurities > remove impurities from [verb (transitive)]
mereeOE
spurge1303
fine1340
sendre1340
purea1350
purgec1350
purifya1398
depurea1400
clarifyc1430
expurge1483
defecatec1487
subtiliate1551
refine?1572
neatify1581
distil1599
sublimate1601
sweeten1601
depurate1620
infresh1635
lustre1645
lustrate1653
freshen1710
chasten1715
epurate1799
enchastena1806
dispollute1862
1799 Hist. in Ann. Reg. 474 The departmental administration, which having been long before epurated, was in the secret of the revolution.
1801 W. Taylor in Monthly Mag. 12 581 As the evaporation of water in the sunshine epurates the atmosphere.
1813 W. Taylor Monthly Mag. LXXII. 473 With a diction epurated at Paris in royal times, she [Mde. de Genlis] is still not a classical writer.
Derivatives
ˈepurated adj.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > freedom from impurities > removal of impurities > [adjective] > having impurities removed
sublimeda1400
clarifiedc1430
depured?1504
well-refined1575
refined1584
sublimate1591
winnowed1609
depurated1651
depurate1657
sublimateda1676
freshened1728
epurated1815
sublimized1827
1815 W. Taylor in Monthly Rev. 76 501 An epurated Christianity.
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