purifying

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

PU'RIFYING, participle passive Removing foreign or heterogeneous matter; cleansing from pollution; fining; making clear. PU'RIFYING, noun The act or operation of making pure or of cleansing from extraneous matter or from pollution.
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