Hyphenation of purify

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word purify? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

pu-ri-fy

Definitions of purify:

1.	Remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation Purify the water
2.	Make pure or free from sin or guilt He left the monastery purified
3.	Become clean or pure or free of guilt and sin The hippies came to the ashram in order to purify

Synonyms of purify:

verb	sublimate, make pure, distill, better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate
verb	purge, sanctify, change, alter, modify
verb	change

Last hyphenations of this language

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.