Clēanse, v. t.

(klēnz), v. t. [imp. & p. p. CLEANSED; p. pr. & vb. n. CLEANSING.] [A-S. clænsjan, clæns-njan, from clæne, clean.] To render clean; to free from filth, pollution, infection, guilt, or the like; to clean.

*Cleanse the stuffed bosom of that perilous stuff Which weighs upon the heart. Shak.*

Cleanse the pale corpse with a religious hand. Prior.

The blood of Jesus Christ . . . cleanseth us from all sin.

1 John i. 7.