Definitions for purge
pɜrdʒpurge

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. purge, purging, purgationnoun

   the act of clearing yourself (or another) from some stigma or charge

2. purge, purgingnoun

   an act of removing by cleansing; ridding of sediment or other undesired elements

3. purgeverb

   an abrupt or sudden removal of a person or group from an organization or place

   "he died in a purge by Stalin"

4. purgeverb

   oust politically

   "Deng Xiao Ping was purged several times throughout his lifetime"

5. purgeverb

   clear of a charge

6. purify, purge, sanctifyverb

   make pure or free from sin or guilt

   "he left the monastery purified"

7. purgeverb

   rid of impurities

   "purge the water"; "purge your mind"

8. flush, scour, purgeverb

   rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid

   "flush the wound with antibiotics"; "purge the old gas tank"

9. vomit, vomit up, purge, cast, sick, cat, be sick, disgorge, regorge, retch, puke, barf, spew, spue, chuck, upchuck, honk, regurgitate, throw upverb

   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"

10. purgeverb

    excrete or evacuate (someone's bowels or body)

    "The doctor decided that the patient must be purged"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. purgenoun

   An act of purging

2. purgenoun

   An evacuation of the bowels or a vomiting.

3. purgenoun

   A cleansing of pipes.

4. purgenoun

   A forcible removal of people from political activity.

   Stalin liked to ensure that his purges were not reversible.

5. purgenoun

   That which purges; especially, a medicine that evacuates the intestines; a cathartic.

   Arbuthnot.

6. purgeverb

   to clean thoroughly; to cleanse; to rid of impurities

7. purgeverb

   to free from sin, guilt, or the burden or responsibility of misdeeds

8. purgeverb

   to void the bowels; to vomit.

9. purgeverb

   to clear of a charge, suspicion, or imputation

10. Etymology: From purgen, from purger, from Latin purgare, from purus + agere.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Purgenoun

   A cathartick medicine; a medicine that evacuates the body by stool.

   Etymology: from the verb.

   Meet we the med’cine of the sickly weal,
   And with him pour we in our country’s purge
   Each drop of us. William Shakespeare.

   Pills nor laxatives I like;
   Of these his gain the sharp physician makes,
   And often gives a purge, but seldom takes. Dryden.

   He was no great friend to purging and clisters; he was for mixing aloes with all purges. Arbuthnot.

2. To PURGEverb

   Etymology: purger, Fr. purgo, Lat.

   1. To cleanse; to clear.

   It will be like that labour of Hercules, in purging the stable of Augeas, to separate from superstitious observations any thing that is clean and pure natural. Francis Bacon.

   2. To clear from impurities.

   To the English court assemble now
   From ev’ry region apes of idleness;
   Now neighbour confines purge you of your scum. William Shakespeare.

   Air ventilates and cools the mines, and purges and frees them from mineral exhalations. John Woodward.

   3. To clear from guilt.

   Blood hath been shed ere now, i’ th’ olden time
   Ere human statute purg’d the gen’ral weal. William Shakespeare.

   My soul is purg’d from grudging hate;
   And with my hand I seal my true heart’s love. William Shakespeare.

   The blood of Christ shall purge our conscience from dead works to serve God. Heb. ix. 14.

   Syphax, we’ll join our cares to purge away
   Our country’s crimes, and clear her reputation. Addison.

   4. To clear from imputation of guilt.

   He, I accuse,
   Intends t’ appear before the people, hoping
   To purge himself with words. William Shakespeare, Coriolanus.

   Marquis Dorset was hasting towards him, to purge himself of some accusation. Francis Bacon, Henry VII.

   5. To sweep or put away impurities.

   I will purge out from among you the rebels. Ezek. xx. 38.

   Simplicity and integrity in the inward parts, may purge out every prejudice and passion. Decay of Piety.

   6. To evacuate the body by stool.

   Sir Philip Calthrop purged John Drakes, the shoemaker of Norwich, of the proud humour. William Camden, Remains.

   The frequent and wise use of emaciating diets, and of purgings, is a principal means of a prolongation of life. Francis Bacon.

   If he was not cured, he purged him with salt water. Arbuthnot.

   7. To clarify; to defecate.

3. To Purgeverb

   To have frequent stools.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Purgeverb

   to cleanse, clear, or purify by separating and carrying off whatever is impure, heterogeneous, foreign, or superfluous

2. Purgeverb

   to operate on as, or by means of, a cathartic medicine, or in a similar manner

3. Purgeverb

   to clarify; to defecate, as liquors

4. Purgeverb

   to clear of sediment, as a boiler, or of air, as a steam pipe, by driving off or permitting escape

5. Purgeverb

   to clear from guilt, or from moral or ceremonial defilement; as, to purge one of guilt or crime

6. Purgeverb

   to clear from accusation, or the charge of a crime or misdemeanor, as by oath or in ordeal

7. Purgeverb

   to remove in cleansing; to deterge; to wash away; -- often followed by away

8. Purgeverb

   to become pure, as by clarification

9. Purgeverb

   to have or produce frequent evacuations from the intestines, as by means of a cathartic

10. Purgeverb

    the act of purging

11. Purgeverb

    that which purges; especially, a medicine that evacuates the intestines; a cathartic

12. Etymology: [F. purger, L. purgare; purus pure + agere to make, to do. See Pure, and Agent.]

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Purge

   In history, religion, and political science, a purge is the removal of people who are considered undesirable by those in power from a government, from another organization, from their team owners, or from society as a whole. Purges can be peaceful or violent; many will end with the imprisonment or exile of those purged, but in some cases they will simply be removed from office. Restoring people who have been purged is known as rehabilitation.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Purge

   purj, v.t. to make pure: to carry off whatever is impure or superfluous: to clear from guilt or from accusation: to evacuate, as the bowels: to trim, dress, prune: to clarify, as liquors.—v.i. to become pure by clarifying: to have frequent evacuations.—n. act of purging: a medicine that purges.—n. Purgā′tion, a purging: a clearing away of impurities: (law) the act of clearing from suspicion or imputation of guilt, a cleansing.—adj. Pur′gative, cleansing: having the power of evacuating the intestines.—n. a medicine that evacuates.—adv. Pur′gatively.—adjs. Purgatō′rial, Purgatō′rian, pertaining to purgatory; Pur′gatory, purging or cleansing: expiatory.—n. (R.C.) a place or state in which souls are after death purified from venial sins: any kind or state of suffering for a time.—ns. Pur′ger, a person or thing that purges; Pur′ging, act of cleansing or clearing. [Fr. purger—L. purgāre, -ātum—purus, pure, agĕre, to do.]

Matched Categories

1. • Change
   • Cleaning
   • Clear
   • Clearing
   • Eliminate
   • Persecute
   • Purify
   • Treat

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of purge in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of purge in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of purge in a Sentence

1. Dianne Feinstein:

   The purge of senior leadership at the Department of Homeland Security is unprecedented and a threat to our national security.

2. Emma Sinclair-Webb:

   It is an unvarnished move for an arbitrary, mass and permanent purge of the civil service, prosecutors and judges, and to close down private institutions and associations without evidence, justification or due process.

3. Lauren Groh-Wargo:

   The Court today declined to issue an injunction on the purge, but expressed that it has a 'serious concern that there needs to be an immediate and accurate interpretation by the state court of HB 316', we share this concern and are exploring additional legal options.

4. Marios Hadjikyriacos:

   There isn’t a clear catalyst behind this purge, it seems to be a combination of inflation fears making a comeback and some market participants moving higher along the value spectrum, cutting their exposure to anything with a stretched valuation.

5. Steve Crampton:

   The White House proclaimed the pandemicis over, but as the Pentagon just reiterated, the purge continues, as they systematically drive out of the Coast Guard [and all branches of the military] the best and the brightest, like LTJG Stone and our other plaintiffs, meanwhile, they use cookie-cutter form denial letters citing nonsensical excuses for their religiousdiscrimination. For example, they told LTJG Stone that he was not 'worldwide deployable' due to his unvaccinated status, despite the fact that he had just completedfourworldwide deployments, during which time he missed not a single day of work while no less than12%of his fully vaccinated shipmates were quarantined with COVID.

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