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淨化,清除,瀉藥(使)淨化,清除,(使)通便

資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Purge \Purge\, v. i.
   1. To become pure, as by clarification.

   2. To have or produce frequent evacuations from the
      intestines, as by means of a cathartic.

Purge \Purge\, n. [Cf. F. purge. See {Purge}, v. t.]
   1. The act of purging.

            The preparative for the purge of paganism of the
            kingdom of Northumberland.            --Fuller.

   2. That which purges; especially, a medicine that evacuates
      the intestines; a cathartic. --Arbuthnot.

Purge \Purge\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Purged}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Purging}.] [F. purger, L. purgare; purus pure + agere to
   make, to do. See {Pure}, and {Agent}.]
   1. To cleanse, clear, or purify by separating and carrying
      off whatever is impure, heterogeneous, foreign, or
      superfluous. ``Till fire purge all things new.'' --Milton.

   2. (Med.) To operate on as, or by means of, a cathartic
      medicine, or in a similar manner.

   3. To clarify; to defecate, as liquors.

   4. To clear of sediment, as a boiler, or of air, as a steam
      pipe, by driving off or permitting escape.

   5. To clear from guilt, or from moral or ceremonial
      defilement; as, to purge one of guilt or crime.

            When that he hath purged you from sin. --Chaucer.

            Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean. --Ps.
                                                  li. 7.

   6. (Law) To clear from accusation, or the charge of a crime
      or misdemeanor, as by oath or in ordeal.

   7. To remove in cleansing; to deterge; to wash away; -- often
      followed by away.

            Purge away our sins, for thy name's sake. --Ps.
                                                  lxxix. 9.

            We 'll join our cares to purge away Our country's
            crimes.                               --Addison.

資料來源 : WordNet®

purge
     n 1: the act of clearing yourself (or another) from some stigma
          or charge [syn: {purging}, {purgation}]
     2: an act of removing by cleansing; ridding of sediment or
        other undesired elements [syn: {purging}]
     v 1: oust politically; "Deng Xiao Ping was purged several times
          throughout his lifetime" [ant: {rehabilitate}]
     2: clear of a charge
     3: make pure or free from sin or guilt; "he left the monastery
        purified" [syn: {purify}, {sanctify}]
     4: rid of impurities; "purge the water"; "purge your mind"
     5: rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid; "flush the wound with
        antibiotics"; "purge the old gas tank" [syn: {flush}, {scour}]
     6: eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; "After
        drinking too much, the students vomited"; "He purged
        continuously"; "The patient regurgitated the food we gave
        him last night" [syn: {vomit}, {vomit up}, {cast}, {sick},
         {cat}, {be sick}, {disgorge}, {regorge}, {retch}, {puke},
         {barf}, {spew}, {spue}, {chuck}, {upchuck}, {honk}, {regurgitate},
         {throw up}] [ant: {keep down}]
     7: excrete or evacuate (someone's bowels or body); "The doctor
        decided that the patient must be purged"