Synonyms of the word

purify

• v. (transitive) To cleanse, or rid of impurities.
• v. (transitive) To free from guilt or sin.

alter

• v. (transitive) To change the form or structure of.
• v. (intransitive) To become different.
• v. (transitive) To tailor clothes to make them fit.
• v. (transitive) To castrate, neuter or spay (a dog or other animal).
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To agitate; to affect mentally.

ameliorate

• v. (transitive) To make better, or improve, something perceived to be in a negative condition.

amend

• v. (transitive) To make better.
• v. (intransitive) To become better.
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To heal (someone sick); to cure (a disease etc.).
• v. (obsolete, intransitive) To be healed, to be cured, to recover (from an illness).
• v. (transitive) To make a formal alteration (in legislation, a report, etc.) by adding, deleting, or rephrasing.

better

• adj. comparative form of good: more good.
• adj. comparative form of well: more well.
• adv. comparative form of well: more well.
• adv. More, in reference to value, distance, time, etc.
• n. An entity, usually animate, deemed superior to another; one who has a claim to precedence; a superior.
• v. (transitive) To improve.
• v. (intransitive) To become better; to improve.
• v. (transitive) To surpass in excellence; to exceed; to excel.
• v. (transitive) To give advantage to; to support; to advance the interest of.
• v. (colloquial) Had better.
• n. Alternative spelling of bettor.

change

• v. (intransitive) To become something different.
• v. (transitive, ergative) To make something into something different.
• v. (transitive) To replace.
• v. (intransitive) To replace one's clothing.
• v. (intransitive) To transfer to another vehicle (train, bus, etc.).
• v. (archaic) To exchange.
• v. (transitive) To change hand while riding (a horse).
• n. (countable) The process of becoming different.
• n. (uncountable) Small denominations of money given in exchange for a larger denomination.
• n. (countable) A replacement, e.g. a change of clothes.
• n. (uncountable) Money given back when a customer hands over more than the exact price of an item.
• n. (uncountable) Coins (as opposed to paper money).
• n. (countable) A transfer between vehicles.
• n. (baseball) A change-up pitch.
• n. (campanology) Any order in which a number of bells are struck, other than that of the diatonic scale.
• n. (dated) A place where merchants and others meet to transact business; an exchange.
• n. (Scotland, dated) A public house; an alehouse.

distill

• v. (transitive) To subject a substance to distillation.
• v. (intransitive) To undergo or be produced by distillation.
• v. (transitive) To make by means of distillation, especially whisky.
• v. (transitive) To exude in small drops.
• v. (transitive) To impart in small quantities.
• v. (transitive) To extract the essence of; concentrate; purify.
• v. (intransitive) To trickle down or fall in small drops; ooze out.
• v. (intransitive) To be manifested gently or gradually.
• v. (intransitive) To drip or be wet with.

improve

• v. (transitive) To make (something) better; to increase the value or productivity (of something).
• v. (intransitive) To become better.
• v. (obsolete) To disprove or make void; to refute.
• v. (obsolete) To disapprove of; to find fault with; to reprove; to censure.
• v. (dated) To use or employ to good purpose; to turn to profitable account.

meliorate

• v. (transitive) To make better, to improve; to heal or solve a problem.

modify

• v. (transitive) To make partial changes to.
• v. (intransitive) To be or become modified.

purge

• n. An act of purging.
• n. (medicine) An evacuation of the bowels or a vomiting.
• n. A cleansing of pipes.
• n. A forcible removal of people, for example, from political activity.
• n. That which purges; especially, a medicine that evacuates the intestines; a cathartic.
• v. (transitive) to clean thoroughly; to cleanse; to rid of impurities.
• v. (transitive, religion) to free from sin, guilt, or the burden or responsibility of misdeeds.
• v. (transitive) To remove by cleansing; to wash away.
• v. (transitive, medicine) to void (the bowels); to vomit.
• v. (transitive, medicine) To operate on (somebody) as a cathartic, or in a similar manner.
• v. (transitive, law) to clear of a charge, suspicion, or imputation.
• v. (transitive) To clarify; to clear the dregs from (liquor).
• v. (intransitive) To become pure, as by clarification.
• v. (intransitive) To have or produce frequent evacuations from the intestines, as by means of a cathartic.

sanctify

• v. (transitive) To make holy; to consecrate. Set aside for sacred or ceremonial use.
• v. (transitive) To free from sin; to purify.
• v. (transitive) To make acceptable or useful under religious law or practice.
• v. (transitive) To endorse with religious sanction.

sublimate

• v. (transitive, intransitive, physics) To change state from a solid to a gas without passing through the…
• v. To purify or refine a substance through such a change of state.
• v. (transitive, psychoanalysis) To modify the natural expression of a sexual or primitive instinct in a socially…
• v. (archaic) To raise to a place of honor; to refine and exalt; to heighten; to elevate.
• n. (chemistry) A product obtained by sublimation.