· remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation; "purify the water"

Synonym(s): sublimate, make_pure, distill

Hypernym(s): better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate

· make pure or free from sin or guilt; "he left the monastery purified"

Synonym(s): purge, sanctify

Hypernym(s): change, alter, modify

· become clean or pure or free of guilt and sin; "The hippies came to the ashram in order to purify"

Hypernym(s): change

· serving to purge or rid of sin; "purgatorial rites"

Synonym(s): purgatorial, purging

· freeing from noxious matter; "filtration is a purifying agent"

Antonym(s): adulterating

· acting like an antiseptic

Synonym(s): cleansing