Cleanse

Definition of Cleanse

Pronunciation: klĕnz

v. t.

1.

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

[imp. & p. p. Cleansed (klĕnzd); p. pr. & vb. n. Cleansing.]

If we walk in the light . . . the blood of Jesus Christ his son cleanseth us from all sin.

- 1 John i. 7.

Can'st thou not minister to a mind diseased,
And with some sweet oblivious antidote
Cleanse the suffed bosom of that perilous stuff
Which weighs upon the heart?

- Shak.

Related Words

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