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noun

Purge n.

1.

The act of purging. "The preparative for the purge of paganism of the kingdom of Northumberland."

2.

That which purges; especially, a medicine that evacuates the intestines; a cathartic.

verb

Purge v. t. (past & past part. purged; pres. part. purging)

1.

To cleanse, clear, or purify by separating and carrying off whatever is impure, heterogeneous, foreign, or superfluous. "Till fire purge all things new."

2.

(Med.) To operate on as, or by means of, a cathartic medicine, or in a similar manner.

3.

To clarify; to defecate, as liquors.

4.

To clear of sediment, as a boiler, or of air, as a steam pipe, by driving off or permitting escape.

5.

To clear from guilt, or from moral or ceremonial defilement; as, to purge one of guilt or crime. "When that he hath purged you from sin." "Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean."

6.

(Law) To clear from accusation, or the charge of a crime or misdemeanor, as by oath or in ordeal.

7.

To remove in cleansing; to deterge; to wash away; often followed by away. "Purge away our sins, for thy name's sake." "We 'll join our cares to purge away Our country's crimes."

Purge v. i.

1.

To become pure, as by clarification.

2.

To have or produce frequent evacuations from the intestines, as by means of a cathartic.

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Etymology of 'Purge'

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"Purge" Quotes from Famous Books

... aside The clanging fetters, and thus he cried: "If thou give me to God and his decrees, Nor purge my sin by the shame of these; I dare not do as I did before— In the name of Allah, I drink ...

— A Hidden Life and Other Poems • George MacDonald

... scorched by heat, discouraged by darkness, or bitten by frost; it is the form in which isolated knots of earnest plant life stay {210} the flux of fiery sands, bind the rents of tottering crags, purge the stagnant air of cave or chasm, and fringe with sudden hues of unhoped spring the Arctic edge ...

— Proserpina, Volume 1 - Studies Of Wayside Flowers • John Ruskin

... neighbourhood. I must say I can't make Faversham out. You remember what an excellent beginning he seemed to make a couple of months ago. Colonel Barton told me that he had every hope of him; he was evidently most anxious to purge some at least of Mr. Melrose's misdeeds; seemed businesslike, conciliatory, etc. Well, I assure you, he has done almost nothing! It is not really a question of giving him time. There were certain scandalous ...

— The Mating of Lydia • Mrs. Humphry Ward

... "Well, sir, take a purge, and turn in at once, that's my advice. I'll dose you with quinine to-morrow mornin', first thing," said Disco, rising and proceeding forthwith to arrange a couch in a corner of the hut, which ...

— Black Ivory • R.M. Ballantyne

... rate, if we have not effected all we wished, we shall have influenced ourselves. It may be true that one cannot do much. "You are not Hercules, and you are not able to purge away the wickedness of others; nor yet are you Theseus, able to drive away the evil things of Attica. But you may clear away your own. From yourself, from your own thoughts, cast away, instead of Procrustes and Sciron, [4] sadness, ...

— The Pleasures of Life • Sir John Lubbock

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