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• purge — [pʉrj] vt. purged, purging [ME purgen < OFr purgier < L purgare, to cleanse < purus, clean (see PURE) + agere, to do: see ACT1] 1. to cleanse or rid of impurities, foreign matter, or undesirable elements 2. to cleanse of guilt, sin, or… …   English World dictionary

• Purge — Purge, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Purged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Purging}.] [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 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• purge — / pərj/ vt purged, purg·ing 1: to clear (as oneself or another) of guilt purged himself of contempt 2: to become no longer guilty of purge the contempt Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Mer …   Law dictionary

• cleanse — (v.) O.E. clænsian to cleanse, purge, purify, chasten, justify, from W.Gmc. *klainson, from *klainoz (see CLEAN (Cf. clean)). Despite its modern spelling (16c.), it retains its M.E. pronunciation. Related: Cleansed; CLEANSING (Cf. cleansing) …   Etymology dictionary

• purge — [n] elimination, removal abolition, abstersion, catharsis, clarification, cleaning, cleanup, coup, crushing, disposal, disposition, ejection, eradication, evacuation, excretion,expulsion, expurgation, extermination, extirpation, liquidation,… …   New thesaurus

• cleanse — index decontaminate, expurgate, purge (purify) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

• cleanse — [v] make undirty; wash absolve, clarify, clean, clear, depurgate, disinfect, expurgate, launder, lustrate, purge, purify, refine, restore, rinse, sanitize, scour, scrub, sterilize; concept 165 Ant. dirty, soil, spot …   New thesaurus

• cleanse — [klenz] vt. cleansed, cleansing [ME clensen < OE clænsian < clæne,CLEAN] to make clean, pure, etc.; clean; purge SYN. CLEAN …   English World dictionary

• purge — (v.) late 13c., from O.Fr. purgier (12c.), from L. purgare cleanse, purify, from Old L. purigare, from purus pure (see PURE (Cf. pure)) + root of agere to drive, make (see ACT (Cf. act)). The noun is recorded from 1560s …   Etymology dictionary

• purge — vb *rid, clear, unburden, disabuse Analogous words: cleanse, *clean: eliminate, *exclude, debar, shut out, rule out: *eject, oust, dismiss, expel: expunge, *erase, efface, delete …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• purge — I n. 1) to carry out, conduct a purge 2) a radical, sweeping purge II v. 1)(D; tr.) ( to remove ) to purge from (all dissidents were purged from the party) 2) (D; tr.) ( to cleanse ) to purge of (the party was purged of all disloyal elements) * * …   Combinatory dictionary