Cleanse

CLEANSE, verb transitive

1. To purify; to make clean; to remove filth, or foul matter of any kind, or by any process whateve, as by washing, rubbing, scouring, scraping, purging, ventilation, etc.; as, to cleanse the hands or face to cleanse a garment; to cleanse the bowels; to cleanse a ship; to cleanse an infected house.

2. To free from a foul or infectious disease; to heal. [[Leviticus 14#4|Leviticus 14:4]], 8; [[Mark 1#42|Mark 1:42]].

3. To free from ceremonial pollution, and consecrate to a holy use. [[Numbers 8#15|Numbers 8:15]]; Exek. 43:20.

4. To purify from guilt. 1 [[John 1#7|John 1:7]].

5. To remove; as, to cleanse a crime.