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• purge — 1. To cause a copious evacuation of the bowels. 2. A cathartic remedy. [L. purgo, to cleanse, fr. purus, pure, + ago, to do] * * * purge pərj vb, purged; purg·ing vt 1) to cause evacuation from (as the bowels) or of or from the bowels of… …   Medical dictionary

• 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 — [c]/pɜdʒ / (say perj) verb (purged, purging) –verb (t) 1. to cleanse; rid of whatever is impure or undesirable; purify. 2. to eliminate, as by killing, an unwanted person, as a political opponent or potential opponent. 3. to clear (a person,… …  

• purge — purge1 [pə:dʒ US pə:rdʒ] v [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: purgier, from Latin purgare to make pure , from purus; PURE] 1.) [T] to force people to leave a place or organization because the people in power do not like them purge sth of… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• purge — 1 verb (T) 1 to force your opponents or people who disagree with you to leave an organization or place, often by using violence: purge sth of sb/sth: an attempt to purge the region of ethnic minorities | purge sb/sth from sth: purging dissidents… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• purge — purgeable, adj. purger, n. /perrj/, v., purged, purging, n. v.t. 1. to rid of whatever is impure or undesirable; cleanse; purify. 2. to rid, clear, or free (usually fol. by of or from): to purge a political party of disloyal members. 3. to clear… …   Universalium

• purge — I. verb (purged; purging) Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French purger, from Latin purigare, purgare to purify, purge, from purus pure + igare (akin to agere to drive, do) more at act Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. a. to clear of… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• purge — v. & n. v.tr. 1 (often foll. by of, from) make physically or spiritually clean. 2 remove by a cleansing process. 3 rid (an organization, party, etc.) of persons regarded as undesirable. 4 a empty (the bowels). b empty the bowels of. 5 Law atone… …   Useful english dictionary

• purge — pÉœrdÊ’ /pɜː n. cleansing; cleaning of excess files from a hard disk (Computers); erasing of a file without the option of canceling the erasure (Computers); diarrhetic drug, cathartic v. purify, remove contamination; clean, remove dirt;… …   English contemporary dictionary

• purge — 1. noun a) An act of purging Stalin liked to ensure that his purges were not reversible. b) An evacuation of the bowels or a vomiting. See Also: purgatory 2. verb a) to …   Wiktionary

• purge — verb 1》 rid of an unwanted feeling or condition. 2》 remove (a group of people considered undesirable) from an organization or place. 3》 remove by a cleansing process. 4》 [often as noun purging] evacuate the bowels, especially as a result of… …   English new terms dictionary