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(1):

(v. i.) To become pure, as by clarification.

(2):

(v. t.) That which purges; especially, a medicine that evacuates the intestines; a cathartic.

(3):

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

(4):

(v. t.) To operate on as, or by means of, a cathartic medicine, or in a similar manner.

(5):

(v. t.) To clarify; to defecate, as liquors.

(6):

(v. t.) To clear of sediment, as a boiler, or of air, as a steam pipe, by driving off or permitting escape.

(7):

(v. t.) To clear from accusation, or the charge of a crime or misdemeanor, as by oath or in ordeal.

(8):

(v. t.) The act of purging.

(9):

(v. i.) To have or produce frequent evacuations from the intestines, as by means of a cathartic.

(10):

(v. t.) To clear from guilt, or from moral or ceremonial defilement; as, to purge one of guilt or crime.

(11):

(v. t.) To remove in cleansing; to deterge; to wash away; - often followed by away.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Purge'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​p/purge.html. 1828.
 
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