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Cleanse

Cleanse Definition And Meaning
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.

Cleanse Definition And Meaning

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

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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