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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[=ae]nsian, fr cl[=ae]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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
cleansing
adj 1: cleansing the body by washing; especially ritual washing of
e.g. hands; "ablutionary rituals" [syn: {ablutionary}]
2: acting like an antiseptic [syn: {purifying}]
n : the act of making something clean; "he gave his shoes a good
cleaning" [syn: {cleaning}, {cleanup}]
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