purge : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: purge	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for purge
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
purge n the act of clearing yourself (or another) from some stigma or charge Synonym(s): purge, purging, purgation an act of removing by cleansing; ridding of sediment or other undesired elements Synonym(s): purge, purging an abrupt or sudden removal of a person or group from an organization or place; "he died in a purge by Stalin" v oust politically; "Deng Xiao Ping was purged several times throughout his lifetime" Antonym(s): rehabilitate clear of a charge make pure or free from sin or guilt; "he left the monastery purified" Synonym(s): purify, purge, sanctify rid of impurities; "purge the water"; "purge your mind" rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid; "flush the wound with antibiotics"; "purge the old gas tank" Synonym(s): flush, scour, purge 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(s): vomit, vomit up, purge, cast, sick, cat, be sick, disgorge, regorge, retch, puke, barf, spew, spue, chuck, upchuck, honk, regurgitate, throw up Antonym(s): keep down excrete or evacuate (someone's bowels or body); "The doctor decided that the patient must be purged"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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. [bd]Till fire purge all things new.[b8] --Milton. 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. --Chaucer. Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean. --Ps. 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. --Ps. lxxix. 9. We 'll join our cares to purge away Our country's crimes. --Addison.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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. --Fuller. 2. That which purges; especially, a medicine that evacuates the intestines; a cathartic. --Arbuthnot.