Chapter Punch to Pyx of P by Soule's Synonymes

Pureness, n. See Purity.

Purgation, n. Clearing, cleansing, purification, lustration, clarification, defecation, detersion.

Purgative, a. Cathartic, abstergent, abstersive, cleansing, purifying, evacuant, detersive, detergent.

Purgative, n. (Med.) Purge, physic, cathartic, scourer, purgative medicine.

Purgatory, a. Cleansing, expiatory.

Purgatory, n. Limbo, hell, infernal regions, shades below.

Purge, v. a.

1. Cleanse, clear, purify, free from impurity.

2. Clarify, defecate.

3. Physic, scour.

4. Deterge, wash away.

Purge, n. See Purgative.

Purging, n. (Med.) Diarrhœa, relax, flux, lientery, dysentery.

Purification, n.

1. Cleansing, purifying.

2. Defecation, clearing, clarification, depuration.

3. Lustration.

Purifier, n. Cleanser, refiner.

Purify, v. a.

1. Clear, clean, cleanse, purge, free from impurity, make pure.

2. Defecate (as liquors), clarify, fine.

Purism, n. Nicety (in the use of words), fastidiousness, squeamishness, daintiness, euphuism, affected elegance, finical style.

Puritanic, Puritanical, a. Strict, rigid, ascetic, over-scrupulous, prim, strait-laced, precise in religious matters.