Main Entry:: ¹purge
Pronunciation:: \ˈpərj\
Function:: verb
Inflected Form(s):: purged; purg·ing
Etymology:: Middle English, from Anglo-French purger, from Latin purigare, purgare to purify, purge, from purus pure + -igare (akin to agere to drive, do) — more at act
Date:: 14th century

transitive verb1 a: to clear of guilt b: to free from moral or ceremonial defilement2 a: to cause evacuation from (as the bowels) b (1): to make free of something unwanted <purge a manhole of gas> <purge yourself of fear> (2): to free (as a boiler) of sediment or relieve (as a steam pipe) of trapped air by bleeding c (1): to rid (as a nation or party) by a purge (2): to get rid of <the leaders had been purged>intransitive verb1: to become purged2: to have or produce frequent evacuations3: to cause purgation

— purg·er noun

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