purge

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< Middle English purgen < Old French purger < Latin purgare (make pure, cleanse) < purus (clean, pure) + agere (to make, do).

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Singular
purge

Plural
purges

purge (plural purges)

  1. An act of purging
  2. (medicine) An evacuation of the bowels or a vomiting.
  3. A cleansing of pipes.
  4. A forcible removal of people from political activity.
    Stalin liked to ensure that his purges were not reversible.

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Infinitive
to purge

Third person singular
purges

Simple past
purged

Past participle
purged

Present participle
purging

to purge (third-person singular simple present purges, present participle purging, simple past and past participle purged)

  1. (transitive) to clean thoroughly; to cleanse; to rid of impurities
  2. (transitive, religion) to free from sin, guilt, or the burden or responsibility of misdeeds
  3. (transitive, medicine) to void the bowels; to vomit.
  4. (transitive, law) to clear of a charge, suspicion, or imputation

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