About The Word Cleanse
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Cleanse
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What's The Definition Of Cleanse?
[v] clean one's body or parts thereof, as by washing; "clean up before you see your grandparents"; "clean your fingernails before dinner"
[v] purge of an ideology, bad thoughts, or sins; "Purgatory is supposed to cleanse you from your sins" Synonyms | Synonyms for Cleanse: clean Related Terms | Find terms related to Cleanse: beatify | bleach | bless | bowdlerize | canonize | clarify | clean | clean out | clean up | cleanse away | clear out | consecrate | dedicate | deliver | delouse | depurate | deterge | devote | discharge | disinfect | dry-clean | dust | dust off | enshrine | exalt | expiate | expurgate | free | free from | freshen | give release | give respite | glorify | hallow | intermit | lustrate | purge | purge away | purify | reform | release | remove | reprieve | saint | sanctify | sanitize | scavenge | scour | scrub | set apart | spruce | steam-clean | sterilize | suspend | sweep out | sweeten | tidy | wash | whiten | wipe | wipe off | wipe out | wipe up See Also | bath | bathe | decontaminate | denazify | disembarrass | douche | floss | free | groom | lather | lave | neaten | rid | soap | wash Cleanse In Webster's Dictionary \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.
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