n. (Chem.) See Euxanthin. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. purification, L. purificatio. See Purify. ] 1. The act of purifying; the act or operation of separating and removing from anything that which is impure or noxious, or heterogeneous or foreign to it; as, the purification of liquors, or of metals. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The act or operation of cleansing ceremonially, by removing any pollution or defilement. [ 1913 Webster ]

When the days of her purification according to the law of Moses were accomplished. Luke ii. 22. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A cleansing from guilt or the pollution of sin; the extinction of sinful desires, appetites, and inclinations. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. purificatif. ] Having power to purify; tending to cleanse. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, purifies; a purifier. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. purificatorius. ] Serving or tending to purify; purificative. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, purifies or cleanses; a cleanser; a refiner. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. pus, puris, pus + -form: cf. F. puriforme. ] (Med.) In the form of pus. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Purified p. pr. & vb. n. Purifying ] [ F. purifier, L. purificare; purus pure + -ficare (in comp.) to make. See Pure, and -fy. ] 1. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hence, in figurative uses: (a) To free from guilt or moral defilement; as, to purify the heart. [ 1913 Webster ]

And fit them so
Purified to receive him pure. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

(b) To free from ceremonial or legal defilement. [ 1913 Webster ]

And Moses took the blood, and put it upon the horns of the altar, . . . and purified the altar. Lev. viii. 15. [ 1913 Webster ]

Purify both yourselves and your captives. Num. xxxi. 19. [ 1913 Webster ]

(c) To free from improprieties or barbarisms; as, to purify a language. Sprat. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To grow or become pure or clear. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Heb. pūr, pl. pūrīm, a lot. ] A Jewish festival, called also the Feast of Lots, instituted to commemorate the deliverance of the Jews from the machinations of Haman. Esther ix. 26. [ 1913 Webster ]