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


  Cleanse \Cleanse\ (kl[e^]nz), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cleansed
     (kl[e^]nzd); p. pr. & vb. n. Cleansing.] [AS. cl[=ae]nsian,
     fr. cl[=ae]ne clean. See Clean.]
     To render clean; to free from fith, pollution, infection,
     guilt, etc.; to clean.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           If we walk in the light . . . the blood of Jesus Christ
           his son cleanseth us from all sin.       --1 John i. 7.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           Can'st thou not minister to a mind diseased,
           And with some sweet oblivious antidote
           Cleanse the suffed bosom of that perilous stuff
           Which weighs upon the heart?             --Shak.
     [1913 Webster]

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


  Cleanse \Cleanse\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cleansed; p. pr. & vb.
     n. Cleansing.] [AS. cl[=ae]nsian, fr. cl[=ae]ne clean. See
     Clean.]
     To render clean; to free from fith, pollution, infection,
     guilt, etc.; to clean.
  
           If we walk in the light . . . the blood of Jesus Christ
           his son cleanseth us from all sin.       --1 John i. 7.
  
           Can'st thou not minister to a mind diseased, And with
           some sweet oblivious antidote Cleanse the suffed bosom
           of that perilous stuff Which weighs upon the heart?
                                                    --Shak.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  cleansing
       adj 1: cleansing the body by washing; especially ritual washing of
              e.g. hands; "ablutionary rituals" [syn: ablutionary]
       2: acting like an antiseptic [syn: purifying]
       n : the act of making something clean; "he gave his shoes a good
           cleaning" [syn: cleaning, cleanup]

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


  cleansing
     Αγγλικά n.
     1 κάθαρση
     2 αγνισμός

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


  cleansing
     a.
     That cleanses.
     n.
     The process of removing dirt, toxins etc.
     vb.
     (present participle of en cleanse nocat=1)

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


  cleansing
     a.
     That cleanses.
     n.
     The process of removing dirt, toxins etc.
     vb.
     (present participle of en cleanse nocat=1)

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


  cleansing
     a.
     That cleanses.
     n.
     The process of removing dirt, toxins etc.
     vb.
     (present participle of en cleanse nocat=1)

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


  cleansing
     a.
     That cleanses.
     n.
     The process of removing dirt, toxins etc.
     vb.
     (present participle of en cleanse nocat=1)

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


  cleansing
     Englanti n.
     puhdistus, pesu
     Englanti vb.
     (en-v-taivm c leans ing e)

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


  Cleansing /klˈɛnzɪŋ/
  التطهير