Cleanse, to make clean, to purify: “c. the foul body of the infected world,” As II, 7, 60. “priest-like thou hast --d my bosom,” Wint. I, 2, 238. “--ing them from tears,” R2 V, 5, 54. “c. the stuffed bosom of that perilous stuff,” Mcb. V, 3, 44.