Cleanse
Pronunciation : Cleanse
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [AS. cl?nsian, fr. cl?ne clean. See Clean.]
Definition : Defn: To render clean; to free from fith, pollution, infection, guilt, etc.; to clean. If we walk in the light . . . the blood of Jesus Christ his son cleanseth us from all sin. 1 John i. 7. Can'st thou not minister to a mind diseased, And with some sweet oblivious antidote Cleanse the suffed bosom of that perilous stuff Which weighs upon the heart Shak.
t. [imp. & p. p. Cleansed; p. pr. & vb. n. Cleansing.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913