Category:Cleanse

Cleanse, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cleansed; p. pr. & vb. n. Cleansing.] Etym: [AS. clænsian, fr. clæne clean. See Clean.]

Defn: To render clean; to free from fith, pollution, infection, guilt, etc.; to clean. If we walk in the light. . . the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanseth us from all sin. 1 John 1:7. Can'st thou not minister to a mind diseased, And with some sweet oblivious antidote Cleanse the stuffed bosom of that perilous stuff Which weighs upon the heart Shak.