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Etymology

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FromOld Englishclǣnsian, fromProto-West Germanic*klainisōn, fromProto-West Germanic*klaini(“clean”). Cognate with archaic Dutchkleinzen(“to clean; to purify”).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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cleanse (third-person singular simple presentcleanses,present participlecleansing,simple past and past participlecleansed)

  1. (transitive) Tofree fromdirt; toclean, topurify.
    • 2013 June 1, “A better waterworks”, inThe Economist‎[1], volume407, number8838, page 5 (Technology Quarterly):
      An artificial kidney these days still means a refrigerator-sized dialysis machine. Such devices mimic the way real kidneyscleanse blood and eject impurities and surplus water as urine.
  2. (transitive) Tospiritually purify; to free fromguilt orsin; topurge.
    • 1626, William Methold [i.e.,William Methwold], “Relations of the Kingdome of Golchonda, and Other Neighbouring Nations within the Gulfe of Bengala, Arreccan, Pegu, Tennassery, &c. […]”, in[Samuel] Purchas,Purchas His Pilgrimes. […], 5th part, London: […] William Stansby for Henrie Fetherstone, […],→OCLC,page993:
      [T]he famous Ganges: whoſe vnknowne head, pleaſant ſtreames, and long extent, haue amongſt thoſe Heathen Inhabitants, (by the Tradition of their Forefathers) gained a beliefe ofclenſing all ſuch ſinnes, as the bodies of thoſe that waſh therein brought with them: [...]
  3. (transitive) To remove (something seen as unpleasant) from a person, place, or thing.

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Translations

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to clean, purify
to spiritually purify

Noun

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cleanse (pluralcleanses)

  1. An act of cleansing; apurification.
    Synonym:cleansing
    I regularly visit the spa for a massage and a facialcleanse.

Translations

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purification, cleansing

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