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depurate
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English
Etymology
From Late Latin depuratus, past participle of depurare (“to purify”).
Pronunciation
Verb
depurate (third-person singular simple present depurates, present participle depurating, simple past and past participle depurated)
- (transitive) To remove impurities from; to purify.
- 1663, Robert Boyle, “(please specify the page)”, in Some Considerations Touching the Vsefulnesse of Experimental Naturall Philosophy, […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Hen[ry] Hall printer to the University, for Ric[hard] Davis, →OCLC, part I:
- depurate the salt
- (transitive) To make impure.
Derived terms
Adjective
depurate (comparative more depurate, superlative most depurate)
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Italian
Etymology 1
Verb
depurate
- inflection of depurare:
Etymology 2
Participle
depurate f pl
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Spanish
Verb
depurate
- second-person singular voseo imperative of depurar combined with te
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