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PURG'ING, ppr. Cleansing; purifying; carrying off impurities or superfluous matt...
PURIFICA'TION, n. [L.purificatio. See Purify .] 1. The act of purifying; the act...
PURIF'ICATIVE PURIF'ICATORY, a. Having power to purify; tending to cleanse.
PU'RIFIER, n. [from purify.] That which purifies or cleanses; a cleanser; a refi...
PU'RIFORM, a. [L. pus, puris and form.] Like pus; in the form of pus.
PU'RIFY, v.t. [L. purifico; purus, pure, and facio, to make.] 1. To make pure or...
PU'RIFYING, pp. Removing foreign or heterogeneous matter; cleansing from polluti...
PU'RIM, n. Among the Jews,the feast of lots, instituted to commemorate their del...
PU'RIST, n. One excessively nice in the use of words.
PU'RITAN, n. [from pure.] A dissenter from the church of England. The puritans w...
PURITAN'IC PURITAN'ICAL, a. Pertaining to the puritans or their doctrines and pr...
PU'RITANISM, n. The notions or practice of puritans.
PU'RITANIZE, v.i. To deliver the notions of puritans.
PU'RITY, n. [L. puritas, form purus.] 1. Freedom from foreign admixture or heter...
PURL, n. [supposed to be contracted from purfle.] 1. An embroidered and puckered...
PURLIEU, n. pur'lu. A border; a limit; a certain limited extent or district; ori...