Purge |
To cleanse, clear, or purify by separating and carrying off whatever is impure, heterogeneous, foreign, or superfluous. |
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Purge |
To operate on as, or by means of, a cathartic medicine, or in a similar manner. |
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Purge |
To clarify; to defecate, as liquors. |
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Purge |
To clear of sediment, as a boiler, or of air, as a steam pipe, by driving off or permitting escape. |
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Purge |
To clear from guilt, or from moral or ceremonial defilement; as, to purge one of guilt or crime. |
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