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purge

[purj]

verb, purged, purg⋅ing, noun

–verb (used with object)

1.	to rid of whatever is impure or undesirable; cleanse; purify.

2.	to rid, clear, or free (usually fol. by of or from): to purge a political party of disloyal members.

3.	to clear of imputed guilt or ritual uncleanliness.

4.	to clear away or wipe out legally (an offense, accusation, etc.) by atonement or other suitable action.

5.	to remove by cleansing or purifying (often fol. by away, off, or out).

6.	to clear or empty (the bowels) by causing evacuation.

7.	to cause evacuation of the bowels of (a person).

8.	to put to death or otherwise eliminate (undesirable or unwanted members) from a political organization, government, nation, etc.

Metallurgy.

a.	to drive off (undesirable gases) from a furnace or stove.

b.	to free (a furnace or stove) of undesirable gases.

–verb (used without object)

10.	to become cleansed or purified.

11.	to undergo or cause purging of the bowels.

–noun

12.	the act or process of purging.

13.	the removal or elimination of members of a political organization, government, nation, etc., who are considered disloyal or otherwise undesirable.

14.	something that purges, as a purgative medicine or dose.

Origin:
1250–1300; (v.) ME purgen < OF purg(i)er < L pūrgāre to cleanse; (n.) ME < OF, deriv. of the v.

Related forms:

purge⋅a⋅ble, adjective

purger, noun

Synonyms:
8. oust, liquidate, extirpate.

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purge (pûrj)

v. purged, purg·ing, purg·es

v. tr.

1. To free from impurities; purify.
2. To remove (impurities and other elements) by or as if by cleansing.
3. To rid (a nation or political party, for example) of people considered undesirable.
4. To get rid of (people considered undesirable). See Synonyms at eliminate.
5. To cause evacuation of (the bowels).
6. To induce evacuation of the bowels in (an individual).
To rid of sin, guilt, or defilement.
Law To clear (a person) of a charge or an imputation. Often used with respect to contempt of court.
1. To rid (a nation or political party, for example) of people considered undesirable.
2. To get rid of (people considered undesirable). See Synonyms at eliminate.
3. To cause evacuation of (the bowels).
4. To induce evacuation of the bowels in (an individual).
Medicine
1. To cause evacuation of (the bowels).
2. To induce evacuation of the bowels in (an individual).

v. intr.

To become pure or clean.
Medicine To undergo or cause an emptying of the bowels.

The act or process of purging.
Something that purges, especially a medicinal purgative.

[Middle English purgen, from Old French purgier, from Latin pūrgāre, from pūrus, pure; see peuə- in Indo-European roots.]
purg'er n.

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Purge

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.

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. --Chaucer.

Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean. --Ps. li. 7.

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. --Ps. lxxix. 9.

We 'll join our cares to purge away Our country's crimes. --Addison.

Purge

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.

Purge

Purge\, n. [Cf. F. purge. See Purge, v. t.]

1. The act of purging.

The preparative for the purge of paganism of the kingdom of Northumberland. --Fuller.

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

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Language Translation for : purge

Spanish: purgar,

German: reinigen,

Japanese: 一掃する

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purge (v.)

c.1290, from O.Fr. purgier (12c.), from L. purgare "cleanse, purify," from Old L. purigare, from purus "pure" (see pure) + root of agere "to drive, make" (see act). The noun is recorded from 1563.

Main Entry: purge
Pronunciation: 'p&rj
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: purged; purg·ing
1 : to clear (as oneself or another) of guilt <purged himself of contempt>
2 : to become no longer guilty of <purge the contempt>

Main Entry: ¹purge
Pronunciation: 'p&rj
Function: verb
Inflected Forms: purged; purg·ing
transitive senses
1 : to cause evacuation from (as the bowels) or of or from the bowels of purge the bowels> <purged the patient with a cathartic>
2 : to free (itself) of suspended matter usually by sedimentation —used of a liquid purge intransitive senses
1 : to become purged
2 : to have or produce frequent evacuations
3 : to cause purgation

Main Entry: ²purge
Function: noun
1 : something that purges; especially :

PURGATIVE

2 : an act or instance of purging

purge (pûrj)
v. purged, purg·ing, purg·es
To cause evacuation of the bowels. n.

The act or process of purging.
Something that purges, especially a medicinal purgative.

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