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KJV Dictionary Definition: purifier

purifier

PU'RIFIER, n. from purify. That which purifies or cleanses; a cleanser; a refiner. Fire was held by the ancients to be an excellent purifier.

purify

PU'RIFY, v.t. L. purifico; purus, pure, and facio, to make.

1. To make pure or clear; to free from extraneous admixture; as, to purify liquors or metals; to purify the blood; to purify the air.

2. To free from pollution ceremonially; to remove whatever renders unclean and unfit for sacred services.

Purify yourselves and your captives on the third day, and on the seventh day purify all your raiment. Num.31.

3. To free from guilt or the defilement of sin; as, to purify the heart.

Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify to himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works. Tit.2.

4. To clear form improprieties or barbarisms; as, to purify a language.

PU'RIFY, v.i. To grow or become pure or clear. Liquors will gradually purify.

purifying

PU'RIFYING, pp. Removing foreign or heterogeneous matter; cleansing from pollution; fining; making clear.

PU'RIFYING, n. The act or operation of making pure or of cleansing from extraneous matter or from pollution.