Word: purifying
Part of speech: Verb
Syllables: pu
ri
fy
ing
Definition: Present participle of purify; remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation
Morphemes:
Affix: purify
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To cleanse, or rid of impurities.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: pūrus
Language: la
Decoded: purus
PoS: Adjective
Meaning: clean; pure
Affix: -ficō
Language: la
Decoded: -fico
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Forms factitive, causative, or other verbs from the roots of nouns and adjectives
Affix: -ing
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form present participles of verbs.