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purification
English
Etymology
From Old French purificacion, from Latin purificatio
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?pj????f??ke???n/
- Rhymes: -e???n
Noun
purification (countable and uncountable, plural purifications)
- The act or process of purifying; the removal of impurities.
- A religious act or rite in which a defiled person is made clean or free from sin.
- (Christianity) The pouring of wine into the chalice to rinse it after communion, the wine being then drunk by the priest.
Translations
French
Etymology
From Latin p?rific?ti?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /py.?i.fi.ka.sj??/
Noun
purification f (plural purifications)
- purification
Related terms
- purifier
Further reading
- “purification” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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polish
English
Etymology
From Middle English polishen, from Old French poliss-, stem of some of the conjugated forms of polir, from Latin pol?re (“to polish, make smooth”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) enPR: p?'l?sh, IPA(key): /?p?l??/
- (US) enPR: pä'l?sh, IPA(key): /?p?l??/
Noun
polish (countable and uncountable, plural polishes)
- A substance used to polish.
- Cleanliness; smoothness, shininess.
- Refinement; cleanliness in performance or presentation.
Synonyms
- (substance): wax
- (smoothness, shininess): finish, sheen, shine, shininess, smoothness
- (cleanliness in performance or presentation): class, elegance, panache, refinement, style
Derived terms
- depolish
- expolish
- repolish
Related terms
- polissoir
Translations
See also
- apple-polish
- French polish
- furniture polish
- glacial polish
- nail polish
- polish remover
- shoe polish
- spit and polish
- stove polish
- varnish polish
Verb
polish (third-person singular simple present polishes, present participle polishing, simple past and past participle polished)
- (transitive) To shine; to make a surface very smooth or shiny by rubbing, cleaning, or grinding.
- (transitive) To refine; remove imperfections from.
- 1699, William Temple, Heads designed for an essay on conversations
- Study gives strength to the mind; conversation, grace: the first apt to give stiffness, the other suppleness: one gives substance and form to the statue, the other polishes it.
- 1699, William Temple, Heads designed for an essay on conversations
- (transitive) To apply shoe polish to shoes.
- (intransitive) To become smooth, as from friction; to receive a gloss; to take a smooth and glossy surface.
- a. 1626, Francis Bacon, Inquisitions touching the compounding of metals
- The other [gold], whether it will polish so well Wherein for the latter [brass] it is probable it will
- a. 1626, Francis Bacon, Inquisitions touching the compounding of metals
- (transitive) To refine; to wear off the rudeness, coarseness, or rusticity of; to make elegant and polite.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Milton to this entry?)
Synonyms
- (to make smooth and shiny by rubbing): wax, shine, buff, furbish, burnish, smooth, bone
- (refine): hone, perfect, refine
Derived terms
- polishable
- polished
- polisher
- polishing
- polishment
- polishure
- repolish
- unpolish
Related terms
- polite
Translations
See also
- interpolish
- polish off
- polish up, polish up on
Further reading
- polish in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- polish in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- polish at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- Hislop, philos
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