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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.]
   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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   (Med.) To operate on as, or by means of, a cathartic medicine, or in a similar manner.
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   To clarify; to defecate, as liquors.
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   To clear of sediment, as a boiler, or of air, as a steam pipe, by driving off or permitting escape.
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   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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   (Law) To clear from accusation, or the charge of a crime or misdemeanor, as by oath or in ordeal.
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   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.
   To become pure, as by clarification.
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   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.]
   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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   That which purges; especially, a medicine that evacuates the intestines; a cathartic.
   Arbuthnot.
   
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