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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Med.) To operate on as, or by means of, a cathartic
        medicine, or in a similar manner.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. To clarify; to defecate, as liquors.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. To clear of sediment, as a boiler, or of air, as a steam
        pipe, by driving off or permitting escape.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     5. To clear from guilt, or from moral or ceremonial
        defilement; as, to purge one of guilt or crime.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              When that he hath purged you from sin. --Chaucer.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean. --Ps.
                                                    li. 7.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     6. (Law) To clear from accusation, or the charge of a crime
        or misdemeanor, as by oath or in ordeal.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     7. To remove in cleansing; to deterge; to wash away; -- often
        followed by away.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Purge away our sins, for thy name's sake. --Ps.
                                                    lxxix. 9.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              We 'll join our cares to purge away
              Our country's crimes.                 --Addison.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Purge \Purge\, v. i.
     1. To become pure, as by clarification.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To have or produce frequent evacuations from the
        intestines, as by means of a cathartic.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Purge \Purge\, n. [Cf. F. purge. See Purge, v. t.]
     1. The act of purging.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              The preparative for the purge of paganism of the
              kingdom of Northumberland.            --Fuller.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. That which purges; especially, a medicine that evacuates
        the intestines; a cathartic. --Arbuthnot.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  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.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  purge
       n 1: the act of clearing yourself (or another) from some stigma
            or charge [syn: purging, purgation]
       2: an act of removing by cleansing; ridding of sediment or
          other undesired elements [syn: purging]
       v 1: oust politically; "Deng Xiao Ping was purged several times
            throughout his lifetime" [ant: rehabilitate]
       2: clear of a charge
       3: make pure or free from sin or guilt; "he left the monastery
          purified" [syn: purify, sanctify]
       4: rid of impurities; "purge the water"; "purge your mind"
       5: rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid; "flush the wound with
          antibiotics"; "purge the old gas tank" [syn: flush, scour]
       6: eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; "After
          drinking too much, the students vomited"; "He purged
          continuously"; "The patient regurgitated the food we gave
          him last night" [syn: vomit, vomit up, cast, sick,
           cat, be sick, disgorge, regorge, retch, puke,
           barf, spew, spue, chuck, upchuck, honk, regurgitate,
           throw up] [ant: keep down]
       7: excrete or evacuate (someone's bowels or body); "The doctor
          decided that the patient must be purged"

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  purge
     Middle English vb.
     (alt form enm purgen)
     n.
     1 An act of purge#Verb.
     2 (lb en medicine) An evacuation of the bowels or a vomiting.
     3 A cleansing of pipes.
     4 A forcible removal of people, for example, from political activity.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To clean thoroughly; to cleanse; to rid of
  impurity.
     2 (lb en transitive religion) To free from sin, guilt, or the burden
  or responsibility of misdeeds.
     3 (lb en transitive) To remove by cleansing; to wash away.
     4 (lb en transitive intransitive medicine) To void or evacuate (the
  bowels or the stomach); to defecate or vomit.
     5 (lb en transitive medicine) To cause someone to purge, operate on
  (somebody) as or with a cathartic or emetic, or in a similar manner.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  purge
     n.
     1 An act of purge#Verb.
     2 (lb en medicine) An evacuation of the bowels or a vomiting.
     3 A cleansing of pipes.
     4 A forcible removal of people, for example, from political activity.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To clean thoroughly; to cleanse; to rid of
  impurity.
     2 (lb en transitive religion) To free from sin, guilt, or the burden
  or responsibility of misdeeds.
     3 (lb en transitive) To remove by cleansing; to wash away.
     4 (lb en transitive intransitive medicine) To void or evacuate (the
  bowels or the stomach); to defecate or vomit.
     5 (lb en transitive medicine) To cause someone to purge, operate on
  (somebody) as or with a cathartic or emetic, or in a similar manner.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  purge
     Middle English vb.
     (alt form enm purgen)
     n.
     1 An act of purge#Verb.
     2 (lb en medicine) An evacuation of the bowels or a vomiting.
     3 A cleansing of pipes.
     4 A forcible removal of people, for example, from political activity.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To clean thoroughly; to cleanse; to rid of
  impurity.
     2 (lb en transitive religion) To free from sin, guilt, or the burden
  or responsibility of misdeeds.
     3 (lb en transitive) To remove by cleansing; to wash away.
     4 (lb en transitive intransitive medicine) To void or evacuate (the
  bowels or the stomach); to defecate or vomit.
     5 (lb en transitive medicine) To cause someone to purge, operate on
  (somebody) as or with a cathartic or emetic, or in a similar manner.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  purge
     Middle English vb.
     (alt form enm purgen)
     n.
     1 An act of purge#Verb.
     2 (lb en medicine) An evacuation of the bowels or a vomiting.
     3 A cleansing of pipes.
     4 A forcible removal of people, for example, from political activity.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To clean thoroughly; to cleanse; to rid of
  impurity.
     2 (lb en transitive religion) To free from sin, guilt, or the burden
  or responsibility of misdeeds.
     3 (lb en transitive) To remove by cleansing; to wash away.
     4 (lb en transitive intransitive medicine) To void or evacuate (the
  bowels or the stomach); to defecate or vomit.
     5 (lb en transitive medicine) To cause someone to purge, operate on
  (somebody) as or with a cathartic or emetic, or in a similar manner.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  purge
     Ranska n.
     puhdistus
     Ranska vb.
     (fr-v-taivm 1 p urg e)

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  purge
     Engelska n.
     1 renande, rening, rensning, uttömning
     2 (tagg medicin språk=en) purgativ, tömning (av maginnehåll)
     3 (tagg politik språk=en) utrensning (av politiska motståndare)
     Engelska vb.
     1 rena, luttra
     2 rensa
     3 (tagg medicin språk=en) purgera, tömma (maginnehåll); laxera
     4 (tagg juridik språk=en) rentvå (från misstanke genom ed); avtvå,
  sona (brott)
     5 (tagg politik språk=en) utrensa, rensa (ut)

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-afr ]


  purge /pˈɜːdʒ/
  skoonmaak

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Purge /pˈɜːdʒ/
  حملة التطهير

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  purge //pɜːd͡ʒ// //pɝd͡ʒ// 
  1. очистване, прочистване
  evacuation of the bowels or of pipes
  2. чи́стка
  forcible removal of undesirable people from political activity, etc.
  3. пречистване
  the act of purging

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  purge //pɜːd͡ʒ// //pɝd͡ʒ// 
  1. очиствам
  medicine: to void or evacuate; to defecate or vomit
  2. пречиствам 2.
  religion: to free from sin, guilt, or the burden or responsibility of misdeeds
   3.
  to clean thoroughly; to cleanse; to rid of impurities
  3. оневинявам
  to clear of a charge, suspicion, or imputation