PURGE

purge

(noun) an abrupt or sudden removal of a person or group from an organization or place; “he died in a purge by Stalin”

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 (someone’s bowels or body); “The doctor decided that the patient must be purged”

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; “After drinking too much, the students vomited”; “He purged continuously”; “The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night”

flush, scour, purge

(verb) rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid; “flush the wound with antibiotics”; “purge the old gas tank”

purge

(verb) rid of impurities; “purge the water”; “purge your mind”

purify, purge, sanctify

(verb) make pure or free from sin or guilt; “he left the monastery purified”

purge

(verb) clear of a charge

purge

(verb) oust politically; “Deng Xiao Ping was purged several times throughout his lifetime”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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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

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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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