uncleanse

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From un- +‎ cleanse.

Verb[edit]

uncleanse (third-person singular simple present uncleanses, present participle uncleansing, simple past and past participle uncleansed)

  1. (transitive) To reverse the cleansing of; make unclean
    • 1968, Hugo Manning, The Secret Sea:
      And the prowling angers which seek to uncleanse The mighty volition, [...]
    • 2000, Software Development, Volume 8, Issues 7-12:
      You will also need to take input XML documents, parse them, and "uncleanse" the data so it can be understood by the legacy system.