vb, purged  purg*ing vt  1  :  to cause evacuation from (as the bowels) or of or from the bowels of <drugs that the bowels>  <purged the patient with a cathartic>   2  :  to free (itself) of suspended matter usu. by sedimentation - used of a liquid vi  1  :  to become purged  2  :  to have or produce frequent evacuations  3  :  to cause purgation
n 1  :  something that purges : esp  :  PURGATIVE  2  :  an act or instance of purging .
 
 
 
Similar sounding terms:  hy·po·er·gy 
 
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