Clues for the word "PURIFY"
We've had 10 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 11 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Quick crossword on March 21, 2024.
Definition of purify
- v. t. - To make pure or clear from material defilement, admixture, or imperfection; to free from extraneous or noxious matter; as, to purify liquors or metals; to purify the blood; to purify the air.
- v. t. - Hence, in figurative uses: (a) To free from guilt or moral defilement; as, to purify the heart.
- v. t. - To free from ceremonial or legal defilement.
- v. t. - To free from improprieties or barbarisms; as, to purify a language.
- v. i. - To grow or become pure or clear.
Referring Clues
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Quick - March 21, 2024
- Netword - October 23, 2017
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - August 19, 2017
- Pat Sajack's Code Letter - June 16, 2015
- USA Today - December 16, 2013
- Guardian Cryptic - November 09, 2012
- Guardian Quick - November 12, 2011
- Guardian Cryptic - August 16, 2011
- LA Times - July 27, 2008
- LA Times - January 13, 2006
- Guardian Cryptic - August 21, 2003