To make morally or spiritually clean; to purify or free from sin or guilt. Const. of, from.

To enlighten, purify (the mind or heart).

transitive. To cleanse, make clean (literal and figurative).

Medicine. transitive. To eliminate or expel (waste or harmful matter, etc.) from the body or an organ.

transitive. To make morally or spiritually pure; to purify or free (a person, oneself) from sin. Obsolete.

transitive. To make morally or spiritually pure; to cleanse (the soul, conscience, etc.) from moral or spiritual defilement; to free from guilt…

transitive. To make morally or spiritually pure; to free from sin, guilt, disgrace, etc. Also occasionally intransitive: to become pure.

transitive. With from. To cleanse, to purify. Obsolete.

transitive. To purify morally; to raise to a higher spiritual state. Obsolete.

transitive. In spiritual and religious contexts: to bring or reduce to a state of simplicity, unity, or purity; to purify in this way. Obsolete.

transitive. To purify or cleanse from (moral or spiritual) corruption or a corrupting influence. Obsolete.

transitive. To purge, purify.

transitive. To render virginal again; to purify or renew. Now chiefly: to restore the status of virgin to (a person, usually a woman). Frequently in p…

figurative. To free from stain, purify, sanctify. rare.