Careful Words

purge (n.)

purge (v.)

I 'll purge, and leave sack, and live cleanly.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): King Henry IV. Part I. Act v. Sc. 4.

Th' ethereal mould

Incapable of stain would soon expel

Her mischief, and purge off the baser fire,

Victorious. Thus repuls'd, our final hope

Is flat despair.

John Milton (1608-1674): Paradise Lost. Book ii. Line 139.