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Depuratory

Depuratory \Dep"u*ra*to*ry\, a. [Cf. F. d['e]puratoire.] Depurating; tending to depurate or cleanse; depurative.

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depuratory

a. Tending to depurate or cleanse; depurative.

Usage examples of "depuratory".

The three absorbing wells, of the Combat, the Cunette, and Saint-Mande, with their discharging mouths, their apparatus, their cesspools, and their depuratory branches, only date from 1836.

The three absorbing wells of the Combat, the Cunette, and Saint Mandé, with their discharging mouths, their apparatus, their pits, and their depuratory branches, date only from 1836.