purge

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

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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.
  5. That which purges; especially, a medicine that evacuates the intestines; a cathartic.
    Arbuthnot.

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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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[edit] Verb

purge

  1. first-person singular present indicative of purger
  2. third-person singular present indicative of purger
  3. first-person singular present subjunctive of purger
  4. first-person singular present subjunctive of purger
  5. second-person singular imperative of purger
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