1. remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation; - Example: "purify the water" [syn: purify, sublimate, make pure, distill]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
make pure
v 1: remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and
separate through the process of distillation; "purify the
water" [syn: purify, sublimate, make pure, distill]