Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to purge
Participle: purged
Gerund: purging
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | purge |
| you | purge |
| he;she;it | purges |
| we | purge |
| you | purge |
| they | purge |
Perfect
| I | have purged |
| you | have purged |
| he;she;it | has purged |
| we | have purged |
| you | have purged |
| they | have purged |
Past
| I | purged |
| you | purged |
| he;she;it | purged |
| we | purged |
| you | purged |
| they | purged |
Pluperfect
| I | had purged |
| you | had purged |
| he;she;it | had purged |
| we | had purged |
| you | had purged |
| they | had purged |
Future
| I | will purge |
| you | will purge |
| he;she;it | will purge |
| we | will purge |
| you | will purge |
| they | will purge |
Future Perfect
| I | will have purged |
| you | will have purged |
| he;she;it | will have purged |
| we | will have purged |
| you | will have purged |
| they | will have purged |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | purge |
| you | purge |
| he;she;it | purge |
| we | purge |
| you | purge |
| they | purge |
Perfect
| I | have purged |
| you | have purged |
| he;she;it | have purged |
| we | have purged |
| you | have purged |
| they | have purged |
Imperfect
| I | purged |
| you | purged |
| he;she;it | purged |
| we | purged |
| you | purged |
| they | purged |
Pluperfect
| I | had purged |
| you | had purged |
| he;she;it | had purged |
| we | had purged |
| you | had purged |
| they | had purged |
Conditional
Present
| I | would purge |
| you | would purge |
| he;she;it | would purge |
| we | would purge |
| you | would purge |
| they | would purge |
Perfect
| I | would have purged |
| you | would have purged |
| he;she;it | would have purged |
| we | would have purged |
| you | would have purged |
| they | would have purged |
Imperative
| you | purge |
| we | Let's purge |
| you | purge |
Verbs conjugated like 'purge'
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 'purge'
gurge,
parge,
pure,
puree,
purse,
spurge,
surge,
urge,
barge,
budge,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to regurgitate the contents of a stomach
- bait, be sick, blow chunks, boak, boke, boot, cast up one's accounts, chunder, disgorge, drive the porcelain bus, erupt, gag, heave, honk, hurl, launch one's lunch, puke, puke up, ralph, regurge, regurgitate, retch, sick up, spew, throw up, toss one's cookies, upchuck, vomit, yak
- cleanse
- clarify, clean, clear, purify
- eliminate
- exterminate, kill, liquidate, abolish, remove
Antonyms
- eliminate
- include, keep, retain, maintain
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. c.1290, from O.Fr.
purgier (12c.), from L.
purgare "cleanse, purify," from Old L.
purigare, from
purus "pure" (see pure) + root of
agere "to drive, make" (see act). The noun is recorded from 1563.
2. From Middle English purgen, from Old French purgier, from Latin pūrgō (“to make pure, to cleanse”), from pūrus (“clean, pure”) + agō (“to make, to do”). See: Middle English '
purgen', Old French '
purgier', Latin '
pūrgō'.
Sample Sentences
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[...] this same neighbourhood. One is called the Boylston school, and is an asylum for neglected and indigent boys who have committed no crime, but who in the ordinary course of things would very soon be purged of that distinction if they were not taken from the hungry streets and sent here. The other is a House of Reformation for Juvenile Offenders. They are both under the same roof, but the two classes [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)