Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to purify
Participle: purified
Gerund: purifying
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | purify |
| you | purify |
| he;she;it | purifies |
| we | purify |
| you | purify |
| they | purify |
Perfect
| I | have purified |
| you | have purified |
| he;she;it | has purified |
| we | have purified |
| you | have purified |
| they | have purified |
Past
| I | purified |
| you | purified |
| he;she;it | purified |
| we | purified |
| you | purified |
| they | purified |
Pluperfect
| I | had purified |
| you | had purified |
| he;she;it | had purified |
| we | had purified |
| you | had purified |
| they | had purified |
Future
| I | will purify |
| you | will purify |
| he;she;it | will purify |
| we | will purify |
| you | will purify |
| they | will purify |
Future Perfect
| I | will have purified |
| you | will have purified |
| he;she;it | will have purified |
| we | will have purified |
| you | will have purified |
| they | will have purified |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | purify |
| you | purify |
| he;she;it | purify |
| we | purify |
| you | purify |
| they | purify |
Perfect
| I | have purified |
| you | have purified |
| he;she;it | have purified |
| we | have purified |
| you | have purified |
| they | have purified |
Imperfect
| I | purified |
| you | purified |
| he;she;it | purified |
| we | purified |
| you | purified |
| they | purified |
Pluperfect
| I | had purified |
| you | had purified |
| he;she;it | had purified |
| we | had purified |
| you | had purified |
| they | had purified |
Conditional
Present
| I | would purify |
| you | would purify |
| he;she;it | would purify |
| we | would purify |
| you | would purify |
| they | would purify |
Perfect
| I | would have purified |
| you | would have purified |
| he;she;it | would have purified |
| we | would have purified |
| you | would have purified |
| they | would have purified |
Imperative
| you | purify |
| we | Let's purify |
| you | purify |
Verbs conjugated like 'purify'
accompany,
acetify,
acidify,
adsignify,
affy,
alacrify,
alkalify,
ally,
amnesty,
amplify,
angelify,
anglicify,
anglify,
apology,
apply,
arefy,
argufy,
astony,
atrophy,
avowtry, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'purify'
aurify,
plurify,
putrify,
aerify,
copurify,
cutify,
fumify,
humify,
impurify,
Kurdify,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- To cleanse, or rid of impurities.
- unmix
- sanitize
- clean, disinfect, freshen, depurate, filter, purge, refine, decontaminate
Antonyms
- to make diverse or various in form or quality; to give variety
- homogenize, diversify
- to concoct from different parts
- disentangle, mix, unmix
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. c.1300, "free from spiritual pollution," from O.Fr.
purifier (12c.), from L.
purificare "to make pure," from
purus "pure" (see pure) + root of
facere "to make" (see factitious). Meaning "free from extraneous matter" is recorded from c.1440.
Purification first attested c.1380; in ref. to Feast of the Purification of the Virgin Mary, from 1389.
2. From Middle English purifien, purifyen, from Old French purifier, purifiier, from Latin pūrificō, pūrificāre, from pūrus (“pure; clean”). See: Latin '
pūrificō'.
Sample Sentences
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Did I recognise in this assembly, a body of men, who, applying themselves in a new world to correct some of the falsehoods and vices of the old, purified the avenues to Public Life, paved the dirty ways to Place and Power, debated and made laws for the Common Good, and had no party but their Country ?
(American Notes for General Circulation)