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To depurate; to purify. [Obs.] He shall first be depured and cleansed before that he shall be laid up for pure gold in the treasures of God. Sir T. More.

Serving to purge; tending to cleanse or purify. [Obs.] Cotgrave.

To cleanse; to purge away, as foul or offending matter from the body, or from an ulcer.

A substance which cleanses the skin, as water or soap; a medicine to cleanse wounds, ulcers, etc.

In a way to cleanse.

To rub and cleanse without wetting. Dodsley.

, as a powder which is separated from heavier particles by being drawn off with water; to cleanse, as by washing.

To purify; to clear from anything noxious, offensive, or erroneous; to cleanse; to purge; as, to expurgate a book.

To thrash in the chaff; also, to cleanse or sift, as barley. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

To cleanse; to clean out. [Obs.] Tusser.

Prepared wort added to ale to cleanse it. Back filling. (Arch.) See under Back, a.

ce, as cloth, paper, sand, or charcoal, through which water or other liquid may passed to cleanse it from the solid or impure matter held in suspension; a chamber or device containing such substance; a strainer; also, a similar device for purifying air. Filter bed, a pond, the bottom of which is a filter composed of sa…

The state of being filthy. Let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit. 2 Cor. vii. 1.

icken by moistening, heating, and pressing, as cloth; to mill; to make compact; to scour, cleanse, and thicken in a mill.

A liquid, as water or some medicated preparation, used to cleanse the mouth and throat, especially for a medical effect.

d Jesus . . . touched him, saying, I will; be thou clean. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed. Matt. viii. 3.

That which washes or cleanses. J. H. Newman.

To make clear or pure by means of a propitiatory offering; to purify. We must purge, and cleanse, and lustrate the whole city. Hammond.

To form or cleanse with the mouth; to lick, as a bear her cub. Sir T. Browne.

Cleansing; having power to cleanse. [Obs.]