depurating

Variant of depurate

depurate definition

depu·rate (dep′yo̵̅o̅ rāt′)

transitive verb depurated -·rat′ed, depurating -·rat′·ing

to purify

Etymology: < ML depuratus, pp. of depurare, to purify < L de-, intens. + purare, to purify < purus, pure

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