Purge — Defs

01 v. t. To cleanse, clear, or purify by separating and carrying off whatever is impure, heterogeneous, foreign, or superfluous.

imp. & p. p. Purged; p. pr. & vb. n. Purging

1.
To cleanse, clear, or purify by separating and carrying off whatever is impure, heterogeneous, foreign, or superfluous.
2.
To operate on as, or by means of, a cathartic medicine, or in a similar manner.(Med.)
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.
To clear from accusation, or the charge of a crime or misdemeanor, as by oath or in ordeal.(Law)
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.

02 v. i. To become pure, as by clarification.

1.
To become pure, as by clarification.
2.
To have or produce frequent evacuations from the intestines, as by means of a cathartic.

03 n. The act of purging.

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.