To cleanse, clear, or purify by
separating and carrying off whatever is impure, heterogeneous,
foreign, or superfluous.
To operate on as, or by means
of, a cathartic medicine, or in a similar manner.
To clarify; to defecate, as
liquors.
To clear of sediment, as a boiler, or of
air, as a steam pipe, by driving off or permitting escape.
To clear from guilt, or from moral or
ceremonial defilement; as, to purge one of guilt or
crime.
To clear from accusation, or
the charge of a crime or misdemeanor, as by oath or in
ordeal.
To remove in cleansing; to deterge; to wash
away; -- often followed by away.
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