Purged

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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.


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     2. (Med.) To operate on as, or by means of, a cathartic
        medicine, or in a similar manner.
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     3. To clarify; to defecate, as liquors.
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     4. To clear of sediment, as a boiler, or of air, as a steam
        pipe, by driving off or permitting escape.
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     5. To clear from guilt, or from moral or ceremonial
        defilement; as, to purge one of guilt or crime.
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              When that he hath purged you from sin. --Chaucer.
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              Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean. --Ps.
                                                    li. 7.
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     6. (Law) To clear from accusation, or the charge of a crime
        or misdemeanor, as by oath or in ordeal.
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     7. To remove in cleansing; to deterge; to wash away; -- often
        followed by away.
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              Purge away our sins, for thy name's sake. --Ps.
                                                    lxxix. 9.
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              We 'll join our cares to purge away
              Our country's crimes.                 --Addison.
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From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  26 Moby Thesaurus words for "purged":
     banned, barred, bowdlerized, cleaned, cleaned up, cleansed,
     debarred, deported, ejected, excluded, exiled, expelled,
     expurgated, left out, liquidated, not in it, not included,
     precluded, prohibited, purified, refined, reformed, shut out,
     spruce, tabooed, tidy