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- [pyoo r-uh-fahy]
- /ˈpyʊər əˌfaɪ/
- /ˈpjʊə.rɪ.faɪ/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [pyoo r-uh-fahy]
- /ˈpyʊər əˌfaɪ/
Definitions of purified word
- verb with object purified to make pure; free from anything that debases, pollutes, adulterates, or contaminates: to purify metals. 1
- verb with object purified to free from foreign, extraneous, or objectionable elements: to purify a language. 1
- verb with object purified to free from guilt or evil. 1
- verb with object purified to clear or purge (usually followed by of or from). 1
- verb with object purified to make clean for ceremonial or ritual use. 1
- verb without object purified to become pure. 1
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Origin of purified
First appearance:
before 1250 One of the 11% oldest English words
1250-1300; Middle English purifien < Middle French purifier < Latin pūrificāre. See pure, -ify
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Parts of speech for Purified
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
purified popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 86% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
purified usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for purified
adj purified
- clean — Something that is clean is free from dirt or unwanted marks.
- germfree — free of germs; sterile: This kind of research should be done in a germfree laboratory.
- intemerate — inviolate; undefiled; unsullied; pure.
verb purified
- aired — a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- autoclaved — Simple past tense and past participle of autoclave.
- deodorized — Simple past tense and past participle of deodorize.
- depurated — Simple past tense and past participle of depurate.
- desalinated — Simple past tense and past participle of desalinate.
Antonyms for purified
adj purified
- adulterated — made inferior, impure, etc. by adulterating
- amoral — If you describe someone as amoral, you do not like the way they behave because they do not seem to care whether what they do is right or wrong.
- corrupt — Someone who is corrupt behaves in a way that is morally wrong, especially by doing dishonest or illegal things in return for money or power.
- debauched — If you describe someone as debauched, you mean they behave in a way that you think is socially unacceptable, for example because they drink a lot of alcohol or have sex with a lot of people.
- defiled — to make foul, dirty, or unclean; pollute; taint; debase.
verb purified
- abused — Simple past tense and past participle of abuse.
- alloyed — a substance composed of two or more metals, or of a metal or metals with a nonmetal, intimately mixed, as by fusion or electrodeposition.
- animalized — Simple past tense and past participle of animalize.
- badmouthed — Simple past tense and past participle of badmouth.
- bastardized — If you refer to something as a bastardized form of something else, you mean that the first thing is similar to or copied from the second thing, but is of much poorer quality.
adjective purified
- wrong — not in accordance with what is morally right or good: a wrong deed.
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