Definitions for cleanse
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. cleanse, cleanverb

   clean one's body or parts thereof, as by washing

   "clean up before you see your grandparents"; "clean your fingernails before dinner"

2. cleanseverb

   purge of an ideology, bad thoughts, or sins

   "Purgatory is supposed to cleanse you from your sins"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. cleanseverb

   To free from dirt; to clean, purify.

2. cleanseverb

   To spiritually purify; to free from sin or guilt; to purge.

3. Etymology: From clænsian, from West klainisōnan, from klainiz

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To Cleanseverb

   Etymology: clænsian, Saxon.

   1. To free from filth or dirt, by washing or rubbing.

   Cleanse the pale corps with a religious hand,
   From the polluting weed and common sand. Matthew Prior.

   2. To purify from guilt.

   The blueness of a wound cleanseth away evil. Prov. xx. 30.

   Not all her od’rous tears can cleanse her crime,
   The plant alone deforms the happy clime. John Dryden, Ovid.

   3. To free from noxious tumours by purgation.

   Can’st thou not minister to a mind diseas’d,
   And with some sweet oblivious antidote,
   Cleanse the stuff’d bosom of that perilous stuff
   Which weighs upon the heart. William Shakespeare, Macbeth.

   This oil, combined with its own salt and sugar, makes it saponaceous and cleansing, by which quality it often helps digestion, and excites appetite. John Arbuthnot, on Aliments.

   4. To free from leprosy.

   Shew thyself to the priest, and offer for thy cleansing those things which Moses commanded. Mark i. 44.

   5. To scour; to rid of all offensive things.

   This river the Jews proffered the pope to cleanse, so they might have what they found. Joseph Addison, on Italy.

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1. cleanse

   Cleanse generally refers to the process of making something thoroughly clean or removing impurities or toxins from a substance, environment, or body. This could involve both physical cleaning or symbolic purifying, such as in a spiritual or health-related context.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Cleanseverb

   to render clean; to free from fith, pollution, infection, guilt, etc.; to clean

2. Etymology: [AS. clnsian, fr. clne clean. See Clean.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Cleanse

   klenz, v.t. to make clean or pure.—adj. Cleans′able.—ns. Cleans′er, one who, or that which, cleanses; Cleans′ing, purification.

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. cleanse

   To clean

   My sister uses a specific lotion to cleanse her face every night before she goes to bed, it smells beautiful.

   
   

   Submitted by anonymous on April 25, 2016  

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of cleanse in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of cleanse in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of cleanse in a Sentence

1. Mona Gohara:

   The wrong cleanser can wreck your skin, if you use a standard soap — a cleanser that has a basic pH — it strips the skin of natural oils and compromises the skin barrier, leading to irritation and dry, lackluster skin. Using a mild, pH-neutral nonsoap cleanser helps moisturize while you cleanse and deposits skin-identical lipids back into the skin.

2. Associate Justice:

   This repackaging does little to cleanse [the policy] of the appearance of discrimination that the president’s words have created, based on the evidence in the record, a reasonable observer would conclude that the proclamation was motivated by anti-Muslim animus.

3. Caroline Kaufman:

   Anyone can lose weight in the short-term, whether it's a cookie bar diet, a juice cleanse or a high-protein, low-carb fest, but what can help you keep that weight off? That's the only diet you really want to find. And it's not going to be a diet at all. It's got to be a lifestyle change.

4. President Tayyip Erdogan:

   We will not only cleanse the cities of terrorists but, through urban regeneration, (eliminate) conditions that have allowed them to act.

5. Megan Huylo:

   This one I make for a lot of my clients who are looking for a cleanse or who want to start juicing just to get healthier, promote clearer skin, but they don’t want to drink something that is really loaded with pungent leafy greens.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=cleanse
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Cleanse
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=cleanse
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cleanse
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=cleanse