单词 | purificative |
释义 | purificativeadj. = purificatory adj. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > freedom from impurities > removal of impurities > [adjective] purginga1425 purificativea1492 clarifying1630 lustrating1653 laving1671 sweetening1707 depurating1762 defecatory1847 depuring1873 lustrant1895 a1492 W. Caxton tr. Vitas Patrum (1495) i. i. f. iiiv/2 The body is puryfyed and wasshyd by the Nytree, Whyche is a spece of Salte puryfycatyff. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Purificatif, purificatiue, purifying. 1660 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. III. i. 117 Not onely because a Torch is purificative,..it adviseth, that this ought not to be defiled, its nature being such, as it dispelleth all things that defile. 1775 ‘Layman’ Strictures on Churches of Rome, Eng. & Scotl. 206 All is positive, specific, circumstantial and perspicuous, from the office of the High Priest to the purificative peace-offering of the meanest of the People. 1800 T. Churchill tr. J. G. Herder Outl. Philos. Hist. Man v. 125/2 We shall come to the systems of different people on transmigration and other purificative processes. 1877 P. J. Bailey Festus (ed. 10) xx. 305 Purificative trials, by whose stern aid the spirit achieves perfection; sloughing off, Snakewise, constraint of narrower being. 1912 Times 5 Nov. 6/3 The consummation and the reward of the purificative way was illumination. 2000 J. Corrigan et al. Emotion & Relig. iii. 172 This interpretive emphasis allows for..the purificative, perfecting transformation through the infusion of the gifts of the Spirit, culminating in joy. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.a1492 |
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