— cleansable , adj.
/klenz/ , v. , cleansed, cleansing .
v.t.
1. to make clean.
2. to remove by or as if by cleaning: to cleanse sin from the soul.
v.i.
3. to become clean.
[ bef. 900; ME clensen, OE claensian, equiv. to claene CLEAN + -si- v. suffix + -an inf. suffix ]
Syn. 1. See clean .