cleanse
verb (used with object)
to make clean.
has cleansed
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present perfectof cleanse (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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He has cleansed the palate with back-to-back victories the last two seasons.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2014
The new boss has cleansed the club of most of the wasters we were lumbered with and is slowly building a team of players who really want to play for him and the club.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 1, 2010
"Then, when the Blood has cleansed us, what are we?"
From Left to Ourselves or, John Headley's Promise. by Catharine Shaw
And their deeds shall find a record In the registry of Fame; For their blood has cleansed completely Every blot of Slavery's shame.
From The Complete Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar by William Dean Howells
But he who has cleansed himself from sin, is well grounded in all virtues, and regards also temperance and truth, he is indeed worthy of the yellow dress.
From Dhammapada, a collection of verses; being one of the canonical books of the Buddhists by F. Max (Friedrich Max) Müller
