'Purge' definitions:

Definition of 'purge'

noun

The act of clearing yourself (or another) from some stigma or charge [syn: purge, purging, purgation]

noun

An act of removing by cleansing; ridding of sediment or other undesired elements [syn: purge, purging]

noun

An abrupt or sudden removal of a person or group from an organization or place; "he died in a purge by Stalin"

verb

Oust politically; "Deng Xiao Ping was purged several times throughout his lifetime" [ant: rehabilitate]

verb

Clear of a charge

verb

Make pure or free from sin or guilt; "he left the monastery purified" [syn: purify, purge, sanctify]

verb

Rid of impurities; "purge the water"; "purge your mind"

verb

Rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid; "flush the wound with antibiotics"; "purge the old gas tank" [syn: flush, scour, purge]

verb

Eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; "After drinking too much, the students vomited"; "He purged continuously"; "The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night" [syn: vomit, vomit up, purge, cast, sick, cat, be sick, disgorge, regorge, retch, puke, barf, spew, spue, chuck, upchuck, honk, regurgitate, throw up] [ant: keep down]

verb

Excrete or evacuate (someone's bowels or body); "The doctor decided that the patient must be purged"

From: GCIDE

Purge \Purge\, v. i.
1. To become pure, as by clarification. [1913 Webster]
2. To have or produce frequent evacuations from the intestines, as by means of a cathartic. [1913 Webster]

From: GCIDE

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. [1913 Webster]
2. (Med.) To operate on as, or by means of, a cathartic medicine, or in a similar manner. [1913 Webster]
3. To clarify; to defecate, as liquors. [1913 Webster]
4. To clear of sediment, as a boiler, or of air, as a steam pipe, by driving off or permitting escape. [1913 Webster]
5. To clear from guilt, or from moral or ceremonial defilement; as, to purge one of guilt or crime. [1913 Webster]
When that he hath purged you from sin. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean. --Ps. li. 7. [1913 Webster]
6. (Law) To clear from accusation, or the charge of a crime or misdemeanor, as by oath or in ordeal. [1913 Webster]
7. To remove in cleansing; to deterge; to wash away; -- often followed by away. [1913 Webster]
Purge away our sins, for thy name's sake. --Ps. lxxix. 9. [1913 Webster]
We 'll join our cares to purge away Our country's crimes. --Addison. [1913 Webster]

From: GCIDE

Purge \Purge\, n. [Cf. F. purge. See Purge, v. t.]
1. The act of purging. [1913 Webster]
The preparative for the purge of paganism of the kingdom of Northumberland. --Fuller. [1913 Webster]
2. That which purges; especially, a medicine that evacuates the intestines; a cathartic. --Arbuthnot. [1913 Webster]