purge

1. To cause a copious evacuation of the bowels. 2. A cathartic remedy. [L. purgo, to cleanse, fr. purus, pure, + ago, to do]

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purge 'pərj vb, purged; purg·ing vt

1) to cause evacuation from (as the bowels) or of or from the bowels of <drugs that \purge the bowels> <purged the patient with a cathartic>

2) to free (itself) of suspended matter usu. by sedimentation used of a liquid vi

1) to become purged

2) to have or produce frequent evacuations

3) to cause purgation

purge n

1) something that purges esp PURGATIVE

2) an act or instance of purging

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(purj) [L. purgare to cleanse, to purify] 1. to cleanse or purify, to remove undesirable substances from something, such as from marrow in an autologous bone marrow transplant or food from the stomach or intestines. 2. to remove fecal matter from the intestines; see evacuation (def. 2). 3. a cathartic.