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cleanse (klenz)

transitive verb cleansed, cleansing cleans′·ing

to make clean, pure, etc.; clean; purge

Etymology: ME clensen < OE clænsian < clæne, clean

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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