1.  purify(v = verb.change) distill, make pure, sublimate - remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation; "purify the water"
is one way to ameliorate, amend, better, improve, meliorate
Derived forms noun purification₁, noun purification₂, noun purifier₁, noun purity₁
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something

2.  purify(v = verb.change) purge, sanctify - make pure or free from sin or guilt; "he left the monastery purified"
is one way to alter, change, modify
Derived forms noun purification₃, noun purity₂
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something

3.  purify(v = verb.change) Array - become clean or pure or free of guilt and sin; "The hippies came to the ashram in order to purify"
is one way to change
Derived form noun purification₄
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s

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." [1913 Webster]
"And Moses took the blood, and put it upon the horns of the altar, . . . and purified the altar." [1913 Webster]
"Purify both yourselves and your captives." [1913 Webster]

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

purify, v.tr. (-ies, -ied)
1 (often foll. by of, from) cleanse or make pure.
2 make ceremonially clean.
3 clear of extraneous elements.

Derivative:
purification n. purificatory adj. purifier n.

Etymology:
ME f. OF purifier f. L purificare (as PURE)

VB  be clean, render clean, clean, cleanse, mundify, rinse, wring, flush, full, wipe, mop, sponge, scour, swab, scrub, brush up, wash, lave, launder, buck, absterge, deterge, decrassify, clear, purify, depurate, despumate, defecate, purge, expurgate, elutriate, lixiviate, edulcorate, clarify, refine, rack, filter, filtrate, drain, strain, disinfect, fumigate, ventilate, deodorize, whitewash, castrate, emasculate, sift, winnow, pick, weed, comb, rake, brush, sweep, rout out, clear out, sweep out, make a clean sweep of.

VB  improve, be better, become better, get better, mend, amend, advance, ascend, increase, fructify, ripen, mature, pick up, come about, rally, take a favorable turn, turn over a new leaf, turn the corner, raise one's head, sow one's wild oats, recover, be better, be improved by, turn to right account, turn to good account, turn to best account, profit by, reap the benefit of, make good use of, make capital out of, place to good account, render better, improve, mend, amend, better, ameliorate, meliorate, correct, decrassify, improve upon, refine upon, rectify, enrich, mellow, elaborate, fatten, promote, cultivate, advance, forward, enhance, bring forward, bring on, foster, invigorate, touch up, rub up, brush up, furbish up, bolster up, vamp up, brighten up, warm up, polish, cook, make the most of, set off to advantage, prune, repair, put in order, review, revise, make corrections, make improvements, doctor, purify, relieve, refresh, infuse new blood into, recruit, reform, remodel, reorganize, new model, view in a new light, think better of, appeal from Philip drunk to Philip sober, palliate, mitigate, lessen an evil.

VB  render simple, simplify, sift, winnow, bolt, eliminate, exclude, get rid of, clear, purify, disentangle.