Definition of purge

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Purge (v. t.) The act of purging.

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Emend :: Emend (v. t.) To purge of faults; to make better; to correct; esp., to make corrections in (a literary work); to alter for the better by textual criticism, generally verbal..
Purge :: Purge (v. t.) To clear from accusation, or the charge of a crime or misdemeanor, as by oath or in ordeal..
Scour :: Scour (v. t.) To purge; as, to scour a horse..
Purging :: Purging (a.) That purges; cleansing.
Deterge :: Deterge (v. t.) To cleanse; to purge away, as foul or offending matter from the body, or from an ulcer..
Tampoe :: Tampoe (n.) The edible fruit of an East Indian tree (Baccaurea Malayana) of the Spurge family. It somewhat resembles an apple.
Soil :: Soil (v. t.) To feed, as cattle or horses, in the barn or an inclosure, with fresh grass or green food cut for them, instead of sending them out to pasture; hence (such food having the effect of purging them), to purge by feeding on green food; as, to soil a horse..
Cathartic :: Cathartic (n.) A medicine that promotes alvine discharges; a purge; a purgative of moderate activity.
Purge :: Purge (v. t.) To operate on as, or by means of, a cathartic medicine, or in a similar manner..
Purge :: Purge (v. t.) To clear of sediment, as a boiler, or of air, as a steam pipe, by driving off or permitting escape..
Purge :: Purge (v. t.) To cleanse, clear, or purify by separating and carrying off whatever is impure, heterogeneous, foreign, or superfluous..
Purged :: Purged (imp. & p. p.) of Purg.
Expurgate :: Expurgate (v. t.) To purify; to clear from anything noxious, offensive, or erroneous; to cleanse; to purge; as, to expurgate a book..
Purge :: Purge (v. i.) To have or produce frequent evacuations from the intestines, as by means of a cathartic..
Tithymal :: Tithymal (n.) Any kind of spurge, esp. Euphorbia Cyparissias..
Catapuce :: Catapuce (n.) Spurge.
Expurge :: Expurge (v. t.) To purge away.
Purge :: Purge (v. t.) To clarify; to defecate, as liquors..
Physic :: Physic (v. t.) To treat with physic or medicine; to administer medicine to, esp. a cathartic; to operate on as a cathartic; to purge..
Purger :: Purger (n.) One who, or that which, purges or cleanses; especially, a cathartic medicine..
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