Purge

purj, v.t. to make pure: to carry off whatever is impure or superfluous: to clear from guilt or from accusation: to evacuate, as the bowels: to trim, dre , prune: to clarify, as liquors.— v.i. to become pure by clarifying: to have frequent evacuations.— n. act of purging: a medicine that purges.— n. Purgā′tion , a purging: a clearing away of impurities: ( law ) the act of clearing from suspicion or imputation of guilt, a cleansing.— adj. Pur′gative , cleansing: having the power of evacuating the intestines.— n. a medicine that evacuates.— adv. Pur′gatively .— adjs. Purgatō′rial , Purgatō′rian , pertaining to purgatory; Pur′gatory , purging or cleansing: expiatory.— n. ( R.C. ) a place or state in which souls are after death purified from venial sins: any kind or state of suffering for a time.— ns. Pur′ger , a person or thing that purges; Pur′ging , act of cleansing or clearing. [Fr. purger —L. purgāre , -ātum — pur us , pure, agĕre , to do.]