English Dictionary: cleansing | by the DICT Development Group |
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Cleanse \Cleanse\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cleansed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Cleansing}.] [AS. cl[d6]nsian, fr. cl[d6]ne 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? --Shak. |