| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. To free from impurities, heterogeneous matter, or feculence; to purify; to cleanse.[Websters] 2. Seldom used base verb from the following inflections: depurating, depurated, depurates, depurator, depurators, depuratingly and depuratedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adjective | 1. Depurated; cleansed; freed from impurities.[Websters]
2. Being clean, clear, tidy, chaste or pure. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. Being fine, refined, handsome or clean-limbed. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. Rarely used base adjective of the adverb depurately.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adverb Form (depurately) | 1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective depurate.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "DEPURATE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references) |
Specialty Definition: DEPURATE
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Verb] To purify; to free from impurities, heterogeneous matter or feculence; a chimical term.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | [Verb] To remove impurities from; to purify. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||
