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Webster 1913 Edition


Cleanse

Cleanse

(klĕnz)
,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Cleansed
(klĕnzd)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Cleansing
.]
[AS.
clǣnsian
, fr.
clǣne
clean. See
Clean
.]
To render clean; to free from fith, pollution, infection, guilt, etc.; to clean.
If we walk in the light . . . the blood of Jesus Christ his son
cleanseth
us from all sin.
1 John i. 7.
Can’st thou not minister to a mind diseased,
And with some sweet oblivious antidote
Cleanse
the suffed bosom of that perilous stuff
Which weighs upon the heart?
Shakespeare

Webster 1828 Edition


Cleanse

CLEANSE

, v.t.
1.
To purify; to make clean; to remove filth, or foul matter of any kind, or by any process whateve, as by washing, rubbing, scouring, scraping, purging, ventilation, &c.; as, to cleanse the hands or face to cleanse a garment; to cleanse the bowels; to cleanse a ship; to cleanse an infected house.
2.
To free from a foul or infectious disease; to heal. Lev. 14:4, 8; Mark 1:42.
3.
To free from ceremonial pollution, and consecrate to a holy use. Numb. 8:15; Exek. 43:20.
4.
To purify from guilt. 1 John 1:7.
5.
To remove; as, to cleanse a crime.

Definition 2024


cleanse

cleanse

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cleanse (third-person singular simple present cleanses, present participle cleansing, simple past and past participle cleansed)

  1. (transitive) To free from dirt; to clean, purify.
    • 2013 June 1, “A better waterworks”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8838, page 5 (Technology Quarterly):
      An artificial kidney these days still means a refrigerator-sized dialysis machine. Such devices mimic the way real kidneys cleanse blood and eject impurities and surplus water as urine.
  2. (transitive) To spiritually purify; to free from sin or guilt; to purge.

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