Cleanse (klĕnz), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Cleansed (klĕnzd); p. pr. & vb. n.Cleansing.] [AS. clǣnsian, fr. clǣne clean. See Clean.] To render clean; to free from fith, pollution, infection, guilt, etc.; to clean.
If we walk in the light... the blood of Jesus Christ his son cleanseth us from all sin.
1 John i. 7.
Can'st thou not minister to a mind diseased,
And with some sweet oblivious antidote
Cleanse the suffed bosom of that perilous stuff
Which weighs upon the heart?
Shak.