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MAKE PURE
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation
Example:
purify the water
Synonyms:
distill; make pure; purify; sublimate
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "make pure" is one way to...):
ameliorate; amend; better; improve; meliorate (to make better)
Verb group:
distil; distill (undergo the process of distillation)
Domain category:
chemical science; chemistry (the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "make pure"):
rectify; refine (reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; separate from extraneous matter or cleanse from impurities)
purge (rid of impurities)
Sentence frames:
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