purified

From the verb purify: (⇒ conjugate)

purified is: ⓘ

v past

v past p

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026

pu•ri•fy /ˈpyʊrəˌfaɪ/   v. [~ + object] , -fied, -fy•ing. 

1. to make pure; free from anything that pollutes or contaminates.
2. to free from extra or objectionable elements.

pu•ri•fi•ca•tion /ˌpyʊrəfɪˈkeɪʃən/  n. [uncountable]
pu•ri•fi•er, n. [countable] See -pur-.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

pu•ri•fy  (pyŏŏr′ə fī′), v., -fied, -fy•ing. 
v.t. 

1. to make pure; free from anything that debases, pollutes, adulterates, or contaminates:
   to purify metals.
2. to free from foreign, extraneous, or objectionable elements:
   to purify a language.
3. to free from guilt or evil.
4. to clear or purge (usually fol. by of or from).
5. Religion to make clean for ceremonial or ritual use.

v.i. 

6. to become pure.

• Latin pūrificāre. See pure, -ify
• Middle French purifier
• Middle English purifien 1250–1300

pu′ri•fi•ca′tion, n. 
pu•rif•i•ca•to•ry  (pyŏŏ rif′i kə tôr′ē, -tōr′ē), adj.  pu′ri•fi′er, n. 

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purify / ˈpjʊərɪˌfaɪ/ verb ( -fies, -fying, -fied)

1. to free (something) of extraneous, contaminating, or debasing matter
2. (transitive) to free (a person, etc) from sin or guilt
3. (transitive) to make clean, as in a ritual, esp the churching of women after childbirth

Etymology: 14th Century: from Old French purifier, from Late Latin pūrificāre to cleanse, from pūrus pure + facere to make

ˌpurifiˈcation noun

purificatory / ˈpjʊərɪfɪˌkeɪtərɪ/ adjective