Spurged vs Purged - What's the difference?
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(spurge)
Any plant of the species of genus Euphorbia that grow in England and exude a bitter milky juice which was formerly used as a purgative.
Any plant of the genus Euphorbia .
To emit foam; to froth; said of the emission of yeast from beer during fermentation.
* 1661 , W. Cartwright, Siedge
(purge)
An act of .
(medicine) An evacuation of the bowels or a vomiting.
A cleansing of pipes.
A forcible removal of people, for example, from political activity.
That which purges; especially, a medicine that evacuates the intestines; a cathartic.
to clean thoroughly; to cleanse; to rid of impurities
(religion) to free from sin, guilt, or the burden or responsibility of misdeeds
To remove by cleansing; to wash away.
* Bible, Psalms lxxix. 9
* Addison
(medicine) to void (the bowels); to vomit.
(medicine) To operate on (somebody) as a cathartic, or in a similar manner.
(legal) to clear of a charge, suspicion, or imputation
To clarify; to clear the dregs from (liquor).
To become pure, as by clarification.
To have or produce frequent evacuations from the intestines, as by means of a cathartic.
As verbs the difference between spurged and purged
is that spurged is (spurge) while purged is (purge).spurged
English
Verb
(head)spurge
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) espurge, espurgier, from (etyl) .Noun
(en-noun)Derived terms
* * Japanese spurge * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * petty spurge * * * * *See also
* ("spurge" on Wikipedia) * (Euphorbia) * (Euphorbia)Etymology 2
Uncertain.Verb
(spurg)- The body's somthing noysome: 'tis a stale one; / Good troth it spurgeth very monstrously.
Anagrams
*purged
English
Verb
(head)purge
English
(wikipedia purge)Noun
(en noun)- Stalin liked to ensure that his purges were not reversible.
- (Arbuthnot)
Verb
(purg)- Purge away our sins, for thy name's sake.
- We'll join our cares to purge away / Our country's crimes.
