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- verb archaic Second-person singular simple present form of
cleanse .
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Examples
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Behold my heart, O my God, behold and see into me; for well I remember it, O my Hope, who cleansest me from the impurity of such affections, directing mine eyes towards Thee, and plucking my feet out of the snare.
The Confessions 1999
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Look into my heart, O God! Behold and look deep within me, for I remember it well, O my Hope who cleansest me from the uncleanness of such affections, directing my eyes toward thee and plucking my feet out of the snare.
Confessions and Enchiridion, newly translated and edited by Albert C. Outler 345-430 1955
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Thou cleansest our souls as Thy Son did wash our feet.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 85, January, 1875 Various
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I have heard of Thee, and of Thy healing; that Thou dost not use medicines or roots, but by Thy word openest (the eyes) of the blind, makest the lame to walk, cleansest the lepers, makest the deaf to hear; how by Thy word
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913
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Behold my heart, O my God, behold and see into me; for well I remember it, O my Hope, who cleansest me from the impurity of such affections, directing mine eyes towards Thee, and plucking my feet out of the snare.
The Fourth Book 1909
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For, it is said, thou makest the blind to see, and the lame to walk; thou cleansest lepers, thou expellest unclean spirits and demons, thou healest those afflicted with lingering diseases, and thou raisest the dead.
The Mission and Expansion of Christianity in the First Three Centuries 1851-1930 1908
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Thou cleansest me from my transgressions, healing and cleansing me also from my evil, sinful passions.
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That is to say, ` It is sufficient for thee that thou raisest the dead, that thou curest the blind, that thou cleansest lepers, that thou workest those other miracles; seek not also exemption from danger and fear and to preach without annoyances.
NPNF1-12. Saint Chrysostom: Homilies on the Epistles of Paul to the Corinthians Editor 1889
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And as we walk in the light, Thou cleansest every moment.
Holy in Christ Thoughts on the Calling of God's Children to be Holy as He is Holy Andrew Murray 1872
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And with their blood which he received, he washed his fellow, and said: "Sire God, Jesus Christ, who commandest men to keep faith upon the earth, and who cleansest the mesel by thy word, deign thou to cleanse my fellow, for the love of whom I have shed the blood of my children."
Old French Romances William Morris 1865
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