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cleanse

Pronunciation: /klɛnz/

The English word “cleanse” has 4 meanings listed here.

verb

  1. To free from dirt; to clean, to purify.
  2. To spiritually purify; to free from guilt or sin; to purge.
  3. To remove (something seen as unpleasant) from a person, place, or thing.

noun

  1. An act of cleansing; a purification.

Etymology

From Middle English clensen, from Old English clǣnsian, from Proto-West Germanic *klainisōn, from Proto-West Germanic *klainī (“clean”). Cognate with West Frisian klinzgje (“to clean, cleanse”), archaic Dutch kleinzen (“to clean, purify”), Middle Low German klênsen, kleinsen, clensen (“to purify”).

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