purify, remove contamination; clean, remove dirt; defecate, empty the bowels
cleansing; cleaning of excess files from a hard disk (Computers); erasing of a file without the option of canceling the erasure (Computers); diarrhetic drug, cathartic
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Purge Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries
Purge Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(v. t.)
To remove in cleansing; to deterge; to wash away; -- often followed by away.
To remove in cleansing; to deterge; to wash away; -- often followed by away.
(v. t.)
To operate on as, or by means of, a cathartic medicine, or in a similar manner.
To operate on as, or by means of, a cathartic medicine, or in a similar manner.
(v. t.)
To clear of sediment, as a boiler, or of air, as a steam pipe, by driving off or permitting escape.
To clear of sediment, as a boiler, or of air, as a steam pipe, by driving off or permitting escape.
(v. t.)
To clear from guilt, or from moral or ceremonial defilement; as, to purge one of guilt or crime.
To clear from guilt, or from moral or ceremonial defilement; as, to purge one of guilt or crime.
(v. t.)
To clear from accusation, or the charge of a crime or misdemeanor, as by oath or in ordeal.
To clear from accusation, or the charge of a crime or misdemeanor, as by oath or in ordeal.
(v. t.)
To cleanse, clear, or purify by separating and carrying off whatever is impure, heterogeneous, foreign, or superfluous.
To cleanse, clear, or purify by separating and carrying off whatever is impure, heterogeneous, foreign, or superfluous.
(v. t.)
To clarify; to defecate, as liquors.
To clarify; to defecate, as liquors.
(v. t.)
The act of purging.
The act of purging.
(v. t.)
That which purges; especially, a medicine that evacuates the intestines; a cathartic.
That which purges; especially, a medicine that evacuates the intestines; a cathartic.
(v. i.)
To have or produce frequent evacuations from the intestines, as by means of a cathartic.
To have or produce frequent evacuations from the intestines, as by means of a cathartic.
(v. i.)
To become pure, as by clarification.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutTo become pure, as by clarification.
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.
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.
2. that which purges; especially, a medicine that evacuates the intestines; a cathartic.
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."
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. purge me with hyssop, and i shall be clean. 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. lxxix. 9. we 'll join our cares to purge away our country's crimes.
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 other undesired elements [syn: purging, purgation]
v 1: oust politically; "deng xiao ping was purged several times throughout his lifetime" [ant: rehabilitate] 2: clear of a charge
3. rid of impurities; "purge your mind"
4. cause to excrete or evacuate, as of the bowels
Arlwyso = v. to purge, to cleanse
Ysgarthu = v. to purge out
Ysgoth = n. a purge, a voidance
Noun
1. the act of clearing yourself (or another) from some stigma or charge
(synonym) purging, purgation
(hypernym) clearing
(hyponym) purification
(derivation) purify, sanctify
2. an act of removing by cleansing; ridding of sediment or other undesired elements
(synonym) purging
(hypernym) cleaning, cleansing, cleanup
(hyponym) catharsis, katharsis, abreaction
(derivation) flush, scour
Verb
1. oust politically; "Deng Xiao Ping was purged several times throughout his lifetime"
(antonym) rehabilitate
(hypernym) persecute, oppress
2. clear of a charge
(hypernym) acquit, assoil, clear, discharge, exonerate, exculpate
(derivation) purging, purgation
3. make pure or free from sin or guilt; "he left the monastery purified"
(synonym) purify, sanctify
(hypernym) change, alter, modify
(hyponym) spiritualize, spiritualise
(derivation) purging, purgation
4. rid of impurities; "purge the water"; "purge your mind"
(hypernym) purify, sublimate, make pure, distill
(derivation) purging
5. rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid; "flush the wound with antibiotics"; "purge the old gas tank"
(synonym) flush, scour
(hypernym) rinse, rinse off
(derivation) purging
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"
(synonym) vomit, vomit up, cast, sick, cat, be sick, disgorge, regorge, retch, puke, barf, spew, spue, chuck, upchuck, honk, regurgitate, throw up
(hypernym) excrete, egest, eliminate, pass
7. excrete or evacuate (someone's bowels or body); "The doctor decided that the patient must be purged"
(hypernym) treat, care for
(cause) evacuate, void, empty
(derivation) catharsis, katharsis, purgation
Purge Definition from Computer & Internet Dictionaries & Glossaries
To systematically and permanently remove old and unneeded data. The term purge is stronger than delete. It is often possible to regain deleted objects by undeleting them, but purged objects are gone forever.
Purge Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
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Purge Definition from Law Dictionaries & Glossaries
PURGATION, PURGE - The clearing one's self of an offence charged, by denying the guilt on oath or affirmation.
There were two sorts of purgation, the vulgar, and the canonical.
Vulgar purgation consisted in superstitious trials by hot and cold water, by fire, by hot irons, by batell, by corsned, etc., which modes of trial were adopted in times of ignorance and barbarity, and were impiously called judgments of God.
Canonical purgation was the act of justifying one's self, when accused of some offence in the presence of a number of persons, worthy of credit, gen-erally twelve, who would swear they believed the accused.
In modern times, a man may purge himself of an offence, in some cases where the facts are within his own knowledge; for example, when a man is charged with a contempt of court he may purge himself of such contempt by swearing that in doing the act charged he did not intend to commit a contempt.
This entry contains material from Bouvier's Legal Dictionary, a work published in the 1850's.
Courtesy of the 'Lectric Law Library.There were two sorts of purgation, the vulgar, and the canonical.
Vulgar purgation consisted in superstitious trials by hot and cold water, by fire, by hot irons, by batell, by corsned, etc., which modes of trial were adopted in times of ignorance and barbarity, and were impiously called judgments of God.
Canonical purgation was the act of justifying one's self, when accused of some offence in the presence of a number of persons, worthy of credit, gen-erally twelve, who would swear they believed the accused.
In modern times, a man may purge himself of an offence, in some cases where the facts are within his own knowledge; for example, when a man is charged with a contempt of court he may purge himself of such contempt by swearing that in doing the act charged he did not intend to commit a contempt.
This entry contains material from Bouvier's Legal Dictionary, a work published in the 1850's.
Purge Definition from Society & Culture Dictionaries & Glossaries
To force a gas through a water sample to liberate volatile chemicals or other gases from the water so their level can be measured.
Purge Definition from Medicine Dictionaries & Glossaries
