Definition of purge

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Purge (v. t.) That which purges; especially, a medicine that evacuates the intestines; a cathartic..

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Purge :: Purge (v. i.) To have or produce frequent evacuations from the intestines, as by means of a cathartic..
Purge :: Purge (v. t.) That which purges; especially, a medicine that evacuates the intestines; a cathartic..
Scour :: Scour (v. t.) To purge; as, to scour a horse..
Purge :: Purge (v. i.) To become pure, as by clarification..
Purge :: Purge (v. t.) To clear from accusation, or the charge of a crime or misdemeanor, as by oath or in ordeal..
Purging :: Purging (a.) That purges; cleansing.
Spurge :: Spurge (v. t.) To emit foam; to froth; -- said of the emission of yeast from beer in course of fermentation.
Depurgatory :: Depurgatory (a.) Serving to purge; tending to cleanse or purify.
Tread-softly :: Tread-softly (n.) Spurge nettle. See under Nettle.
Expurgate :: Expurgate (v. t.) To purify; to clear from anything noxious, offensive, or erroneous; to cleanse; to purge; as, to expurgate a book..
Spurgewort :: Spurge (n.) Any plant of the genus Euphorbia. See Euphorbia.
Mercury :: Mercury (n.) A plant (Mercurialis annua), of the Spurge family, the leaves of which are sometimes used for spinach, in Europe..
Purge :: Purge (v. t.) To clear from guilt, or from moral or ceremonial defilement; as, to purge one of guilt or crime..
Lauriol :: Lauriol (n.) Spurge laurel.
Catapuce :: Catapuce (n.) Spurge.
Purger :: Purger (n.) One who, or that which, purges or cleanses; especially, a cathartic medicine..
Tampoe :: Tampoe (n.) The edible fruit of an East Indian tree (Baccaurea Malayana) of the Spurge family. It somewhat resembles an apple.
Wolf''s-milk :: Wolf's-milk (n.) Any kind of spurge (Euphorbia); -- so called from its acrid milky juice.
Cato-cathartic :: Cato-cathartic (n.) A remedy that purges by alvine discharges.
Milkweed :: Milkweed (n.) Any plant of the genera Asclepias and Acerates, abounding in a milky juice, and having its seed attached to a long silky down; silkweed. The name is also applied to several other plants with a milky juice, as to several kinds of spurge..
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