单词 | purgate |
释义 | purgatev. Now rare. transitive. To purge, purify. ΘΚΠ society > morality > virtue > purity > make pure [verb (transitive)] cleansec897 shire?c1225 clengea1300 purge1340 purec1350 purifya1393 whitena1400 sprinkle1526 refine1594 simplify1609 sublime1613 purgate1795 revirginize1852 bleach1868 1795 Monthly Rev. 18 122 It is by means of fear and pity that the passions are to be purgated. 1806 T. Holcroft Tales Verse II. xiii. 127 Hail all ye mis'ries, ripe and congregate, That now so powerfully purgate earth! 1866 Ld. Lytton Let. 20 Aug. in Earl of Lytton Life E. Bulwar 1st Lord Lytton (1913) vi. ii. 437 I hope he may be induced..to purgate his volume of certain pruriences into which it amazes me any poet could fall. 1922 Blue Law Ballads 87 A monstrous heavenly invasion, To clean the Moon, purgate the Sun, and tame the Comets! This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1795 |
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