Webster's English Dictionary

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purify

pu.ri.fy \-.fi-\ vt : to make pure : as  : to clear from material 
   defilement or imperfection  : to free from guilt or moral or ceremonial 
   blemish  : to free from anything alien, extraneous, improper, corrupting, 
   or othe rwise damaging : to grow or become pure or clean