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In a purgative manner.

Of or pertaining to purgatory; expiatory.

One who holds to the doctrine of purgatory. Boswell.

ich they fully satisfy the justice of God for sins that have been forgiven. After this purgation from the impurities of sin, the souls are believed to be received into heaven.

Same as Quadrijugous.

To oppose. [R.] Glanvill.

To gather again.

Originally, a gondola race in Venice; now, a rowing or sailing race, or a series of such races.

To interrogate again; to question repeatedly. Cotgrave.

To investigate again. -- Re`in*ves`ti*ga"tion (-g, n.

to transfer; specifically, to send into exile; to banish. It [the Latin language] was relegated into the study of the scholar. Milman.

The act of relegating, or the state of being relegated; removal; banishment; exile.

To navigate again.

A renegade. [Obs.] Chaucer.

A denial. [R.] "Absolute renegation of Christ." Milman.

Litany; supplication. He perfecteth the rogations or litanies before in use. Hooker. Rogation days (Eccl.), the three days which immediately precede Ascension Day; -- so called as being days on which the people, walking in procession, sang litanies of special supplication. -- Rogation flower (Bot.), a European species…

Seeking information; authorized to examine witnesses or ascertain facts; as, a rogatory commission. Woolsey.

Having alternate ridges and depressions; wrinkled. Dana.

A fugitive; a vagabond; an apostate; a renegade. See Renegade. Bunyan. Wretched runagates from the jail. De Quincey. Who has not been a runagate from duty Hare.

A mixed woven fabric of silk and cotton; or silk and wool; sayette; also, a light woolen fabric.