purify-v; 2 Senses

Sense Number 1: remove impurities from

Commentary: Syntax Is: NP1 PURIFY NP2

Examples:
Elisha purified the water at Jericho.

Mappings:
VerbNet: cheat-10.6,other_cos-45.4
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: purify.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1

Sense Number 2: make pure or free from sin

Commentary: Syntax Is: NP1 PURIFY (NP2)

Examples:
The hippies came to the ashram in order to purify.
He had been purified in the furnace of suffering.

Mappings:
VerbNet: cheat-10.6
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: purify.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 2, 3