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使清洁,净化,使纯洁
资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Cleanse \Cleanse\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cleansed}; 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.
资料来源 : WordNet®
cleanse
v 1: clean one's body or parts thereof, as by washing; "clean up
before you see your grandparents"; "clean your
fingernails before dinner" [syn: {clean}]
2: purge of an ideology, bad thoughts, or sins; "Purgatory is
supposed to cleanse you from your sins"