Definition:
- (v. t.) To cleanse, clear, or purify by separating and carrying off whatever is impure, heterogeneous, foreign, or superfluous.
- (v. t.) To operate on as, or by means of, a cathartic medicine, or in a similar manner.
- (v. t.) To clarify; to defecate, as liquors.
- (v. t.) 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.
- (v. t.) To clear from accusation, or the charge of a crime or misdemeanor, as by oath or in ordeal.
- (v. t.) To remove in cleansing; to deterge; to wash away; -- often followed by away.
- (v. i.) To become pure, as by clarification.
- (v. i.) To have or produce frequent evacuations from the intestines, as by means of a cathartic.
- (v. t.) The act of purging.
- (v. t.) That which purges; especially, a medicine that evacuates the intestines; a cathartic.
Compare purge with other words:
purge vs. purre
gurge vs. purge
purge vs. purged
purge vs. spurge
puree vs. purge
purge vs. surge
purge vs. urge
purge vs. purse
pure vs. purge
binge vs. purge
expunge vs. purge
plagiarism vs. purge
fuss vs. purge
contentment vs. purge
purge vs. satisfy
content vs. purge
comfort vs. purge
extinguish vs. purge
impose vs. purge
exonerate vs. purge
emancipate vs. purge
extract vs. purge
deport vs. purge
prune vs. purge
empty vs. purge
purgatively vs. purge
expurge vs. purge
depurgatory vs. purge
purge vs. remove
purge vs. vomit
purge vs. stipulate
purge vs. purger
physic vs. purge
purge vs. void
purge vs. purify
laxative vs. purge
catharsis vs. purge
purgative vs. purge
expurgate vs. purge
leach vs. purge
purge vs. suspicion
imputation vs. purge
charge vs. purge
clear vs. purge
bowel vs. purge
misdeed vs. purge
purge vs. responsibility
burden vs. purge
guilt vs. purge
purge vs. sin
free vs. purge
purge vs. rid
cleanse vs. purge
purge vs. thorough
purgatory vs. purge
clean vs. purge
purge vs. purging
purge vs. splurge