Removed unwanted substances or impurities from something to make it clean or pure.
From Old French 'purifier' derived from Latin 'purificare,' combining 'purus' (pure) and 'facere' (to make). Originally used in religious contexts for spiritual cleansing.
Purify comes from the same root as 'purity'—and it was first used for religious rituals, not chemistry! The word shifted from spiritual cleansing to scientific purification as science developed.
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