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Webster 1913 Edition
Purger
Pur′ger
,Noun.
One who, or that which, purges or cleanses; especially, a cathartic medicine.
Webster 1828 Edition
Purger
PURG'ER
,Noun.
1.
A cathartic.Definition 2024
purger
purger
English
Noun
purger (plural purgers)
- Agent noun of purge; one who, or that which, purges or cleanses; especially, a cathartic medicine.
Synonyms
French
Verb
purger
Conjugation
This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written purge- before endings that begin with -a- or -o- (to indicate that the -g- is a “soft” /ʒ/ and not a “hard” /ɡ/). This spelling-change occurs in all verbs in -ger, such as neiger and manger.
Conjugation of purger (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | purger | avoir purgé | |||||
| gerund | en purgeant | en ayant purgé | |||||
| present participle | purgeant /pyʁ.ʒɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | purgé /pyʁ.ʒe/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | purge /pyʁʒ/ |
purges /pyʁʒ/ |
purge /pyʁʒ/ |
purgeons /pyʁ.ʒɔ̃/ |
purgez /pyʁ.ʒe/ |
purgent /pyʁʒ/ |
| imperfect | purgeais /pyʁ.ʒɛ/ |
purgeais /pyʁ.ʒɛ/ |
purgeait /pyʁ.ʒɛ/ |
purgions /pyʁ.ʒjɔ̃/ |
purgiez /pyʁ.ʒje/ |
purgeaient /pyʁ.ʒɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | purgeai /pyʁ.ʒe/ |
purgeas /pyʁ.ʒa/ |
purgea /pyʁ.ʒa/ |
purgeâmes /pyʁ.ʒam/ |
purgeâtes /pyʁ.ʒat/ |
purgèrent /pyʁ.ʒɛʁ/ |
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| future | purgerai /pyʁ.ʒə.ʁe/ |
purgeras /pyʁ.ʒə.ʁa/ |
purgera /pyʁ.ʒə.ʁa/ |
purgerons /pyʁ.ʒə.ʁɔ̃/ |
purgerez /pyʁ.ʒə.ʁe/ |
purgeront /pyʁ.ʒə.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | purgerais /pyʁ.ʒə.ʁɛ/ |
purgerais /pyʁ.ʒə.ʁɛ/ |
purgerait /pyʁ.ʒə.ʁɛ/ |
purgerions /pyʁ.ʒə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
purgeriez /pyʁ.ʒə.ʁje/ |
purgeraient /pyʁ.ʒə.ʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | purge /pyʁʒ/ |
purges /pyʁʒ/ |
purge /pyʁʒ/ |
purgions /pyʁ.ʒjɔ̃/ |
purgiez /pyʁ.ʒje/ |
purgent /pyʁʒ/ |
| imperfect1 |
purgeasse /pyʁ.ʒas/ |
purgeasses /pyʁ.ʒas/ |
purgeât /pyʁ.ʒa/ |
purgeassions /pyʁ.ʒa.sjɔ̃/ |
purgeassiez /pyʁ.ʒa.sje/ |
purgeassent /pyʁ.ʒas/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | purge /pyʁʒ/ |
— | purgeons /pyʁ.ʒɔ̃/ |
purgez /pyʁ.ʒe/ |
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