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PURGE
purge
(noun) an abrupt or sudden removal of a person or group from an organization or place; āhe died in a purge by Stalinā
purge, purging
(noun) an act of removing by cleansing; ridding of sediment or other undesired elements
purge, purging, purgation
(noun) the act of clearing yourself (or another) from some stigma or charge
purge
(verb) excrete or evacuate (someoneās bowels or body); āThe doctor decided that the patient must be purgedā
vomit, vomit up, purge, cast, sick, cat, be sick, disgorge, regorge, retch, puke, barf, spew, spue, chuck, upchuck, honk, regurgitate, throw up
(verb) eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; āAfter drinking too much, the students vomitedā; āHe purged continuouslyā; āThe patient regurgitated the food we gave him last nightā
flush, scour, purge
(verb) rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid; āflush the wound with antibioticsā; āpurge the old gas tankā
purge
(verb) rid of impurities; āpurge the waterā; āpurge your mindā
purify, purge, sanctify
(verb) make pure or free from sin or guilt; āhe left the monastery purifiedā
purge
(verb) clear of a charge
purge
(verb) oust politically; āDeng Xiao Ping was purged several times throughout his lifetimeā
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
purge (plural purges)
An act of purging.
(medicine) An evacuation of the bowels or a vomiting.
A cleansing of pipes.
A forcible removal of people, for example, from political activity.
That which purges; especially, a medicine that evacuates the intestines; a cathartic.
Verb
purge (third-person singular simple present purges, present participle purging, simple past and past participle purged)
(transitive) To clean thoroughly; to cleanse; to rid of impurities.
(transitive, religion) to free from sin, guilt, or the burden or responsibility of misdeeds
(transitive) To remove by cleansing; to wash away.
(transitive, intransitive, medicine) To void or evacuate (the bowels or the stomach); to defecate or vomit.
(transitive, medicine) To cause someone to purge, operate on (somebody) as or with a cathartic or emetic, or in a similar manner.
(transitive, legal) to clear of a charge, suspicion, or imputation
(transitive) To clarify; to clear the dregs from (liquor).
(intransitive) To become pure, as by clarification.
(intransitive) To have or produce frequent evacuations from the intestines, as by means of a cathartic.
(transitive) To trim, dress, or prune.
Anagrams
• Grupe, repug
Source: Wiktionary
Purge, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Purged; p. pr. & vb. n. Purging.] Etym: [F. purger, L. purgare; purus pure + agere to make, to do. See Pure, and Agent.]
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.)
Definition: 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)
Definition: 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.
Purge, v. i.
1. To become pure, as by clarification.
2. To have or produce frequent evacuations from the intestines, as by means of a cathartic.
Purge, n. Etym: [Cf. F. purge. See Purge, v. t.]
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 Edition
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