purge (v.) Old form(s): purg'd
expel, get rid of, flush out
2H4 IV.i.65[Archbishop to Westmorland] To ... purge th'obstructions which begin to stop / Our very veins of life
3H6 V.vi.88[Richard as if to George, of Edward] to purge his fear, I'll be thy death
AC IV.xiv.124[Diomedes to Antony, of Cleopatra] when she saw ... your rage / Would not be purged
KJ II.i.372[Hubert to King John and King Philip, of his fears] Be by some certain king purged and deposed
R2 I.i.153[Richard to Mowbray and Bolingbroke] Let's purge this choler without letting blood
RJ I.v.107[Romeo to Juliet] Thus from my lips, by thine my sin is purged
WT V.i.168[Leontes to Florizel] The blessed gods / Purge all infection from our air whilst you / Do climate here!
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