Purge

v. t.	1.	To cleanse, clear, or purify by separating and carrying off whatever is impure, heterogeneous, foreign, or superfluous. [imp. & p. p. Purged ; p. pr. & vb. n. Purging .]
	2.	(Med.) To operate on as, or by means of, a cathartic medicine, or in a similar manner.
	3.	To clarify; to defecate, as liquors.
	4.	To clear of sediment, as a boiler, or of air, as a steam pipe, by driving off or permitting escape.
	5.	To clear from guilt, or from moral or ceremonial defilement; as, to purge one of guilt or crime. When that he hath purged you from sin. - Chaucer. Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean. - Ps. li. 7.
	6.	(Law) To clear from accusation, or the charge of a crime or misdemeanor, as by oath or in ordeal.
	7.	To remove in cleansing; to deterge; to wash away; - often followed by away. Purge away our sins, for thy name's sake. - Ps. lxxix. 9. We 'll join our cares to purge away Our country's crimes. - Addison.
v. i.	1.	To become pure, as by clarification.
	2.	To have or produce frequent evacuations from the intestines, as by means of a cathartic.
n.	1.	The act of purging. The preparative for the purge of paganism of the kingdom of Northumberland. - Fuller.
	2.	That which purges; especially, a medicine that evacuates the intestines; a cathartic.

Noun	1.	purge - the act of clearing yourself (or another) from some stigma or charge Synonyms: purging, purgation
	2.	purge - an act of removing by cleansing; ridding of sediment or other undesired elements Synonyms: purging
Verb	1.	purge - oust politically; "Deng Xiao Ping was purged several times throughout his lifetime" Antonyms: rehabilitate - reinstall politically; "Deng Xiao Ping was rehabilitated several times throughout his lifetime"
	2.	purge - clear of a charge
	3.	purge - make pure or free from sin or guilt; "he left the monastery purified" Synonyms: purify, sanctify
	4.	purge - rid of impurities; "purge the water"; "purge your mind"
	5.	purge - rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid; "flush the wound with antibiotics"; "purge the old gas tank" Synonyms: scour, flush
	6.	purge - 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" Synonyms: barf, be sick, puke, regorge, throw up, upchuck, vomit, vomit up, retch, sick, spue, disgorge, cat, spew, chuck, honk, regurgitate, cast
	7.	purge - excrete or evacuate (someone's bowels or body); "The doctor decided that the patient must be purged"

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