Cleansing
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verb (used with object)
1.
to make clean.
2.
to remove by or as if by cleaning: to cleanse sin from the soul.
verb (used without object)
3.
to become clean.
Origin:
before 900; Middle English clensen, Old English clǣnsian, equivalent to clǣne clean + -si- v. suffix + -an infinitive suffix
before 900; Middle English clensen, Old English clǣnsian, equivalent to clǣne clean + -si- v. suffix + -an infinitive suffix
Related forms
cleans·a·ble, adjective
re·cleanse, verb (used with object), re·cleansed, re·cleans·ing.
un·cleans·a·ble, adjective
un·cleansed, adjective
well-cleansed, adjective
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cleanse (klɛnz) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to remove dirt, filth, etc, from |
| 2. | to remove guilt from |
| 3. | to remove a group of people from (an area) by means of ethnic cleansing |
| [Old English clǣnsian; related to Middle Low German klēnsen; see | |
| 'cleansable | |
| —adj | |
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Example sentences
Water vapor does go away rapidly while it is cleansing the air as rain at times.
The faithful believe its waters are cleansing, but science tells a different story.
The film veers unsteadily between a comic tone and the drama of a guilty conscience in need of a cleansing.
Most of it will be supplied, belatedly, by the market itself-especially if it is bathed in the cleansing sunlight of transparency.
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