cleansing

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And somehow I don't know how, this cleansing is already waking up my feline forgotten part.

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  1. Adapted to cleanse and purify; designed for or devoted to purifying.
  2. Cleansing days Ash Wednesday and the three days following.
  3. Cleansing week. Same as Chaste week (which see, under chaste).

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  1. Ppr. of cleanse, v.
  2. Middle English clensing, < Anglo-Saxon clœ¯nsung, < clœ¯nsian, cleanse: see cleanse.
 

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