Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who or that which cleanses.
- noun An apparatus designed to assist the expulsion of morbid matter through the excretory ducts of the skin. This is accomplished by withdrawing from the surface of the body the natural pressure of the air.
- noun A machine for cleansing and preparing cotton for spinning, invented in France.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who, or that which, cleanses.
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- noun One who, or that which,
cleanses .
Etymologies
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depurate + -or
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Examples
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A number of services such as banking, insurance, a central depurator, a general warehouse and cooperative purchases of raw materials and machinery have also developed around the textile production in the Prato area.
Chapter 6 1984
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