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- pronunciation:
- pyuh
rih
faI
- features:
- Word Explorer, Word Parts
| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
purifies, purifying, purified |
| definition: |
to make clean or pure.
Use a filter to purify water before you drink it.- synonyms:
- sanitize
- antonyms:
- contaminate, pollute, soil
- similar words:
- clarify, clean, cleanse, clear, disinfect, filter, freshen, refine
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| related words: |
concentrate, strain |
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| derivations: |
purification (n.), purifier (n.) |
The word purify
contains the following part:
-fy, -ify, -efy
Latin
verb-forming suffix
that means make, cause to be, become
  More about this word part:
The suffix group -fy
, -ify
, -efy
forms verbs from primarily Latin bases. When -ify
attaches to an English base, the base is an adjective (uglify, Frenchify) or noun (citify, zombify) usually having one syllable or two syllables ending in |i|. Verbs ending in -fy
have corresponding noun forms ending in -ion: as a rule, -ify
becomes -ification ( verify
, verification); -efy
becomes -efaction (putrefy, putrefaction). See also fac, fic, fec, fact, fect.
Example words:
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