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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Cleanse \Cleanse\ (kl[e^]nz), verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Cleansed} (kl[e^]nzd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Cleansing}.] [AS. cl[=ae]nsian, fr. cl[=ae]ne clean. See {Clean}.] To render clean; to free from fith, pollution, infection, guilt, etc.; to clean.
If we walk in the light . . . the blood of Jesus Christ his son cleanseth us from all sin. --1 John i. 7.
Can'st thou not minister to a mind diseased, And with some sweet oblivious antidote Cleanse the suffed bosom of that perilous stuff Which weighs upon the heart? --Shak.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
cleansed \cleansed\ (kl[e^]nzd), adjective having been made clean. Opposite of {dirty}. clean
Syn: cleaned, scrubbed. [WordNet 1.5]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
cleansed
adjective: made clean [syn: {cleaned}]
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