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- verb archaic Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
cleanse .
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Examples
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No; if you will only keep on trusting to that precious blood, and not turn away from it, He says that it cleanseth, that is, _goes on cleansing_.
Morning Bells; Or, Waking Thoughts for Little Ones Frances Ridley Havergal 1857
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He is speaking not of justification through His blood once for all, but of the present sanctification ( "cleanseth" is present tense) which the believer, walking in the light and having fellowship with God and the saints, enjoys as His privilege.
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Quoth the Prophet, ‘The bath is the blessing of the house, for that it cleanseth the body and calleth to mind the Fire.’
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Proverbs 20:30 says, "The blueness of a wound cleanseth away evil; so do stripes the inward parts of the belly."
Archive 2007-04-01 Zoe Brain 2007
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P. Cnemander, and Montanus commend [4413] Cyprian turpentine, which they would have familiarly taken, to the quantity of a small nut, two or three hours before dinner and supper, twice or thrice a week if need be; for besides that it keeps the belly soluble, it clears the stomach, opens obstructions, cleanseth the liver, provokes urine.
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Proverbs 20:30 says, "The blueness of a wound cleanseth away evil; so do stripes the inward parts of the belly."
Giving Religion A Bad Name Zoe Brain 2007
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O value of wisdom that fadeth not away with time, virtue ever flourishing, that cleanseth its possessor from all venom!
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[4607] That other love infects the soul of man, this cleanseth; that depresses, this rears; that causeth cares and troubles, this quietness of mind; this informs, that deforms our life; that leads to repentance, this to heaven.
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Dioscor. wonders the physicians of his time made no more use of it, because it rarefies and cleanseth: we use it to this purpose in our ordinary beer, which before was thick and fulsome.
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And now men see not the bright light which is in the clouds: but the wind passeth, and cleanseth them.
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