Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗An act or instance of purging. · An evacuation of the bowels or the stomach; a defecation or vomiting. · Something which or someone who purges; especially, a medicine that evacuates the intestines; a cathartic. · A forcible removal of people, for example, from political activity.
To clean thoroughly; to rid of impurities; to cleanse; to clear of (something unwanted). · To remove by cleansing; to wash away. · To free from sin, guilt, or burden. · To evacuate (the bowels or the stomach); to defecate or vomit.
From Middle English purgen, from Old French purgier, from Latin pūrgō (“to make pure, to cleanse”), from pūrus (“clean, pure”) + agō (“to make, to do”). The slang sense derived via the 2013 film The Purge.
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