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<hw>Dep"u*rant</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a. & n.</tt> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Depurative.</def>

<h1>Depurate</h1> <Xpage=395>

<hw>Dep"u*rate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[LL. <ets>depuratus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>depurare</ets> to purify; L. <ets>de-</ets> + <ets>purare</ets> to purify, <ets>purus</ets> clean, pure. Cf. <er>Depure</er>.]</ety> <def>Depurated; cleansed; freed from impurities.</def>

<i>Boyle.</i>

<h1>Depurate</h1> <Xpage=395>

<hw>Dep"u*rate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Depurated</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Depurating</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <def>To free from impurities, heterogeneous matter, or feculence; to purify; to cleanse.</def>

<blockquote>To <b>depurate</b> the mass of blood. <i>Boyle.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Depuration</h1> <Xpage=395>

<hw>Dep`u*ra"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>d\'82puration</ets>.]</ety> <def>The act or process of depurating or freeing from foreign or impure matter, as a liquid or wound.</def>

<h1>Depurative</h1> <Xpage=395>

<hw>Dep"u*ra*tive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>d\'82puratif</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Purifying the blood or the humors; depuratory.</def> -- <def2><tt>n.</tt> <def>A depurative remedy or agent; or a disease which is believed to be depurative.</def></def2>

<h1>Depurator</h1> <Xpage=395>

<hw>Dep"u*ra`tor</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who, or that which, cleanses.</def>

<h1>Depuratory</h1> <Xpage=395>

<hw>Dep"u*ra*to*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>d\'82puratoire</ets>.]</ety> <def>Depurating; tending to depurate or cleanse; depurative.</def>

<h1>Depure</h1> <Xpage=395>

<hw>De*pure"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>d\'82purer</ets>. See <er>Depurate</er>.]</ety> <def>To depurate; to purify.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>He shall first be <b>depured</b> and cleansed before that he shall be laid up for pure gold in the treasures of God. <i>Sir T. More.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Depurgatory</h1> <Xpage=395>

<hw>De*pur"ga*to*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Serving to purge; tending to cleanse or purify.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Cotgrave.</i>

<h1>Depurition</h1> <Xpage=395>

<hw>Dep`u*ri"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Depuration</er>.</def>

<h1>Deputable</h1> <Xpage=395>

<hw>Dep"u*ta*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Fit to be deputed; suitable to act as a deputy.</def>

<i>Carlyle.</i>

<h1>Deputation</h1> <Xpage=395>

<hw>Dep`u*ta"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>d\'82putation</ets>. See <er>Depute</er>.]</ety>