MAKE PURE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does make pure mean? 

• MAKE PURE (verb)
  The verb MAKE PURE has 1 sense:

1. remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation

  Familiarity information: MAKE PURE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MAKE PURE (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

distill; make pure; purify; sublimate

Context example:

purify the water

Hypernyms (to "make pure" is one way to...):

ameliorate; amend; better; improve; meliorate (to make better)

Verb group:

distil; distill (undergo the process of distillation)

Domain category:

chemical science; chemistry (the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "make pure"):

rectify; refine (reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; separate from extraneous matter or cleanse from impurities)

purge (rid of impurities)

Sentence frames:

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