Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to cleanse
Participle: cleansed
Gerund: cleansing
Indicative
Present
| I | cleanse |
| you | cleanse |
| he;she;it | cleanses |
| we | cleanse |
| you | cleanse |
| they | cleanse |
Perfect
| I | have cleansed |
| you | have cleansed |
| he;she;it | has cleansed |
| we | have cleansed |
| you | have cleansed |
| they | have cleansed |
Past
| I | cleansed |
| you | cleansed |
| he;she;it | cleansed |
| we | cleansed |
| you | cleansed |
| they | cleansed |
Pluperfect
| I | had cleansed |
| you | had cleansed |
| he;she;it | had cleansed |
| we | had cleansed |
| you | had cleansed |
| they | had cleansed |
Future
| I | will cleanse |
| you | will cleanse |
| he;she;it | will cleanse |
| we | will cleanse |
| you | will cleanse |
| they | will cleanse |
Future Perfect
| I | will have cleansed |
| you | will have cleansed |
| he;she;it | will have cleansed |
| we | will have cleansed |
| you | will have cleansed |
| they | will have cleansed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | cleanse |
| you | cleanse |
| he;she;it | cleanse |
| we | cleanse |
| you | cleanse |
| they | cleanse |
Perfect
| I | have cleansed |
| you | have cleansed |
| he;she;it | have cleansed |
| we | have cleansed |
| you | have cleansed |
| they | have cleansed |
Imperfect
| I | cleansed |
| you | cleansed |
| he;she;it | cleansed |
| we | cleansed |
| you | cleansed |
| they | cleansed |
Pluperfect
| I | had cleansed |
| you | had cleansed |
| he;she;it | had cleansed |
| we | had cleansed |
| you | had cleansed |
| they | had cleansed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would cleanse |
| you | would cleanse |
| he;she;it | would cleanse |
| we | would cleanse |
| you | would cleanse |
| they | would cleanse |
Perfect
| I | would have cleansed |
| you | would have cleansed |
| he;she;it | would have cleansed |
| we | would have cleansed |
| you | would have cleansed |
| they | would have cleansed |
Imperative
| you | cleanse |
| we | Let's cleanse |
| you | cleanse |
Verbs conjugated like 'cleanse'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'cleanse'
cease,
cense,
clause,
clean,
cleave,
creance,
crease,
flense,
lease,
please,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- clean
- scrub, wash, purify, launder, refine, disinfect, purge
- absolve
- excuse, purge, restore, expiate
Antonyms
- clean
- dirty, filthy, defiled, impure
- absolve
- convict, condemn, charge, blame
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English clensen, from Old English clǣnsian, from Proto-West Germanic *klainisōn, from Proto-West Germanic *klainī (“clean”). Cognate with West Frisian klinzgje (“to clean, cleanse”), archaic Dutch kleinzen (“to clean, purify”), Middle Low German klênsen, kleinsen, clensen (“to purify”). See: Middle English '
clensen', Dutch '
kleinzen'.
Sample Sentences
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An artificial kidney these days still means a refrigerator-sized dialysis machine. Such devices mimic the way real kidneys cleanse blood and eject impurities and surplus water as urine. [2013 June 1, “A better waterworks”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8838, page 5 (Technology Quarterly):]
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[T]he famous Ganges: whoſe vnknowne head, pleaſant ſtreames, and long extent, haue amongſt thoſe Heathen Inhabitants, (by the Tradition of their Forefathers) gained a beliefe of clenſing all ſuch ſinnes, as the bodies of thoſe that waſh therein brought with them: [...] [1626, William Methold [i.e., William Methwold], “Relations of the Kingdome of Golchonda, and Other Neighbouring Nations within the Gulfe of Bengala, Arreccan, Pegu, Tennassery, &c. […]”, in [Samuel] Purchas, Purchas His Pilgrimes. […], 5th part, London: […] William Stansby for Henrie Fetherstone, […], →OCLC, book, page 993:]