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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, foreign, or superfluous. “Till fire purge all things new.” Milton.
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2. (Med.) To operate on as, or by means of, a cathartic medicine, or in a similar manner.
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3. To clarify; to defecate, as liquors.
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4. To clear of sediment, as a boiler, or of air, as a steam pipe, by driving off or permitting escape.
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5. To clear from guilt, or from moral or ceremonial defilement; as, “to purge one of guilt or crime”.
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When that he hath purged you from sin. Chaucer.
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Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean. Ps. li. 7.
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6. (Law) To clear from accusation, or the charge of a crime or misdemeanor, as by oath or in ordeal.
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7. To remove in cleansing; to deterge; to wash away; -- often followed by away.
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Purge away our sins, for thy name's sake. Ps. lxxix. 9.
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We 'll join our cares to purge away
Our country's crimes. Addison.
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Purge, v. i.
1. To become pure, as by clarification.
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2. To have or produce frequent evacuations from the intestines, as by means of a cathartic.
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Purge, n. [Cf. F. purge. See Purge, v. t.]
1. The act of purging.
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The preparative for the purge of paganism of the kingdom of Northumberland. Fuller.
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2. That which purges; especially, a medicine that evacuates the intestines; a cathartic. Arbuthnot.
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