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Pronunciation : Purge
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [F. purger, L. purgare; purus pure + agere to make, to do. See Pure, and Agent.]
Definition : 1. To cleanse, clear, or purify by separating and carrying off whatever is impure, heterogeneous, foreign, or superfluous. "Till fire purge all things new." Milton.

2. (Med.)

Defn: To operate on as, or by means of, a cathartic medicine, or in a similar manner.

3. To clarify; to defecate, as liquors.

4. To clear of sediment, as a boiler, or of air, as a steam pipe, by driving off or permitting escape.

5. To clear from guilt, or from moral or ceremonial defilement; as, to purge one of guilt or crime. When that he hath purged you from sin. Chaucer. Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean. Ps. li. 7.

6. (Law)

Defn: To clear from accusation, or the charge of a crime or misdemeanor, as by oath or in ordeal.

7. To remove in cleansing; to deterge; to wash away; -- often followed by away. Purge away our sins, for thy name's sake. Ps. lxxix. 9. We 'll join our cares to purge away Our country's crimes. Addison.

t. [imp. & p. p. Purged; p. pr. & vb. n. Purging.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Purge
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : 1. To become pure, as by clarification.

2. To have or produce frequent evacuations from the intestines, as by means of a cathartic.

i.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Purge
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [Cf. F. purge. See Purge, v. t.]
Definition : 1. The act of purging. The preparative for the purge of paganism of the kingdom of Northumberland. Fuller.

2. That which purges; especially, a medicine that evacuates the intestines; a cathartic. Arbuthnot.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913