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detoxify

English

Alternative forms

  • de-toxify

Etymology

Attested since 1905 (twelve years earlier than toxify), from de- +? tox- +? -ify. (Detoxicate is attested one year earlier, since 1904.)

Verb

detoxify (third-person singular simple present detoxifies, present participle detoxifying, simple past and past participle detoxified)

  1. To remove foreign and harmful substances from something.

Synonyms

  • detoxicate

Derived terms

  • detoxifiable
  • detoxification
  • detoxifier

Translations

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cleanse

English

Etymology

From Old English cl?nsian, from Proto-West Germanic *klainis?n?, from Proto-Germanic *klainiz (clean). Cognate with archaic Dutch kleinzen (to clean; to purify).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kl?nz/

Verb

cleanse (third-person singular simple present cleanses, present participle cleansing, simple past and past participle cleansed)

  1. (transitive) To free from dirt; to clean, to purify.
  2. (transitive) To spiritually purify; to free from guilt or sin; to purge.

Translations

Noun

cleanse (plural cleanses)

  1. An act of cleansing; a purification.
    I regularly visit the spa for a massage and a facial cleanse.
    Synonym: cleansing

Translations

Anagrams

  • Senecal, canelés, elances, enlaces, enscale, scalene

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