To cleanse, clear, or purify by separating and carrying off whatever is impure, heterogeneous, foreign, or superfluous.
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Acquitted; set free; rid of.
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To make otherwise; to change in some respect, either partially or wholly; to vary; to modify.
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To set free; to release.
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To alter; to make different; to cause to pass from one state to another; as, to change the position, character, or appearance of a thing; to change t…
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Free from opaqueness; transparent; bright; light; luminous; unclouded.
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To relieve of a charge, load, or burden; to empty of a load or cargo; to unburden; to unload; as, to discharge a vessel.
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See Distill.
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To drop; to fall in drops; to trickle.
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To cast or throw out; to void, as excrement; to excrete, as the indigestible matter of the food; in an extended sense, to excrete by the lungs, skin,…
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To put out of doors; to expel; to discharge; to release; to set at liberty.
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To separate and throw off; to excrete urine.
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To clear from alleged fault or guilt; to prove to be guiltless; to relieve of blame; to acquit.
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To unload; to disburden; to discharge.
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To change somewhat the form or qualities of; to alter somewhat; as, to modify a contrivance adapted to some mechanical purpose; to modify the terms o…
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To impose excessive burdens upon; to overload; hence, to treat with unjust rigor or with cruelty.
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To go; to move; to proceed; to be moved or transferred from one point to another; to make a transit; -- usually with a following adverb or adverbal p…
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To pursue in a manner to injure, grieve, or afflict; to beset with cruelty or malignity; to harass; especially, to afflict, harass, punish, or put to…
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To make pure or clear from material defilement, admixture, or imperfection; to free from extraneous or noxious matter; as, to purify liquors or metal…
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The act of removing, or the state of being removed.
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To wash lightly; to cleanse with a second or repeated application of water after washing.
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To bring by heat into the state of vapor, which, on cooling, returns again to the solid state; as, to sublimate sulphur or camphor.
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To handle; to manage; to use; to bear one's self toward; as, to treat prisoners cruelly; to treat children kindly.
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A natural or artificial purgation of any passage, as of the mouth, bowels, etc.
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The act of purging; the act of clearing, cleansing, or putifying, by separating and carrying off impurities, or whatever is superfluous; the evacuati…
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The act of purifying; the act or operation of separating and removing from anything that which is impure or noxious, or heterogeneous or foreign to i…
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To make clear or pure by means of a propitiatory offering; to purify.
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To refine intellectiually or morally; to purify from the corrupting influence of the world; to give a spiritual character or tendency to; as, to spir…
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The act of purging; the act of clearing, cleansing, or putifying, by separating and carrying off impurities, or whatever is superfluous; the evacuati…
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The act of purging; the act of clearing, cleansing, or putifying, by separating and carrying off impurities, or whatever is superfluous; the evacuati…
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Having the power or quality of purging; cathartic.
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Having the power or quality of purging; cathartic.
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To rub hard with something rough, as sand or Bristol brick, especially for the purpose of cleaning; to clean by friction; to make clean or bright; to…
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To rub hard with something rough, as sand or Bristol brick, especially for the purpose of cleaning; to clean by friction; to make clean or bright; to…
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Containing nothing; not holding or having anything within; void of contents or appropriate contents; not filled; -- said of an inclosure, as a box, r…
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To make empty; to empty out; to remove the contents of; as, to evacuate a vessel or dish.
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Containing nothing; empty; vacant; not occupied; not filled.
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An animal of various species of the genera Felis and Lynx. The domestic cat is Felis domestica. The European wild cat (Felis catus) is much larger th…
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To make a noise resembling that of a hen when she calls her chickens; to cluck.
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To eject or discharge by the throat and mouth; to vomit; to pour forth or throw out with violence, as if from the mouth; to discharge violently or in…
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To flow and spread suddenly; to rush; as, blood flushes into the face.
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The cry of a wild goose.
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To eject the contests of the stomach; to vomit; to spew.
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The act of purging; the act of clearing, cleansing, or putifying, by separating and carrying off impurities, or whatever is superfluous; the evacuati…
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To make pure or clear from material defilement, admixture, or imperfection; to free from extraneous or noxious matter; as, to purify liquors or metal…
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To vomit up; to eject from the stomach; to throw back.
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To throw or pour back, as from a deep or hollow place; to pour or throw back in great quantity.
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To make an effort to vomit; to strain, as in vomiting.
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To make sacred or holy; to set apart to a holy or religious use; to consecrate by appropriate rites; to hallow.
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To rub hard with something rough, as sand or Bristol brick, especially for the purpose of cleaning; to clean by friction; to make clean or bright; to…
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Affected with disease of any kind; ill; indisposed; not in health. See the Synonym under Illness.
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To eject from the stomach; to vomit.
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See Spew.
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To eject the contents of the stomach by the mouth; to puke; to spew.
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To invest or clothe again with some right, authority, or dignity; to restore to a former capacity; to reinstate; to qualify again; to restore, as a d…
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To invest or clothe again with some right, authority, or dignity; to restore to a former capacity; to reinstate; to qualify again; to restore, as a d…
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