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1. (v.t.) cleanse
to make clean.
2. cleanse
to remove by or as if by cleaning:
to cleanse sin from the soul.
3. cleanse
to practice ethnic cleansing on; purge.
4. (v.i.) cleanse
to become clean.
Etymology: (bef. 900; ME clensen, OE clæmacr;nsian <clæmacr;neclean)
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| Definition of 'cleanse' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) cleanse, clean
clean one's body or parts thereof, as by washing
"clean up before you see your grandparents"; "clean your fingernails before dinner"
2. (verb) cleanse
purge of an ideology, bad thoughts, or sins
"Purgatory is supposed to cleanse you from your sins"
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| Definition of 'cleanse' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (verb) cleanse
to render clean; to free from fith, pollution, infection, guilt, etc.; to clean
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Sense: to make clean
This cream will cleanse your skin; cleansed of guilt.
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 Afrikaans: suiwer, reinig |
 Arabic: يُنَظِّفُ |
 Bulgarian: дезинфекцирам |
 Brazilian: limpar |
 Czech: (vy/o)čistit |
 German: reinigen |
 Danish: rense |
 Greek: καθαρίζω, απαλλάσσω από |
 Spanish: limpiar |
 Estonian: puhastama |
 Farsi: پاک کردن |
 Finnish: puhdistaa |
 French: nettoyer; purifier |
 Hebrew: לְנָקוֹת |
 Hindi: सफाई करना |
 Croatian: čistiti |
 Hungarian: tisztít |
 Indonesian: membersihkan |
 Icelandic: hreinsa |
 Italian: pulire, detergere |
 Japanese: きれいにする |
 Korean: 세척하다 |
 Lithuanian: (ap)valyti |
 Latvian: []tīrīt; dezinficēt |
 Dutch: reinigen |
 Norwegian: rense, renske, vaske |
 Polish: oczyszczać |
 Persian: پاک کردن |
 Pashto: پاک کول |
 Portuguese: limpar |
 Romanian: a curăţa; a dezinfecta |
 Russian: очищать |
 Slovak: vyčistiť, očistiť |
 Slovenian: (o)čistiti |
 Serbian: očistiti |
 Swedish: rengöra, rensa, rena |
 Thai: ทำให้สะอาด |
 Turkish: temizlemek |
 Taiwanese: 使清潔 |
 Ukrainian: чистити; очищати |
 Urdu: صاف کرنا |
 Vietnamese: làm sạch sẽ |
 Chinese: 使清洁 |
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