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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
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  1. \Dep"u*rate\, a. [LL. depuratus, p. p. of depurare to
    purify; L. de- + purare to purify, purus clean, pure. Cf.
    {Depure}.]
    Depurated; cleansed; freed from impurities. --Boyle.
    
    
  2. \Dep"u*rate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Depurated}; p. pr. &
    vb. n. {Depurating}.]
    To free from impurities, heterogeneous matter, or feculence;
    to purify; to cleanse.
    
          To depurate the mass of blood.           --Boyle.
    
    
 

 

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