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  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.  ``Till  fire  purge  all  things  new.''  --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. 

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