Main Entry: ¹purge

Pronunciation: \ˈpərj\

Function: verb

Inflected Form(s): purged; purg·ing

transitive verb

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 usually by sedimentation—used of a liquid

intransitive verb

1 : to become purged
2 : to have or produce frequent evacuations
3 : to cause purgation