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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

Serving to purge; tending to cleanse or purify.

[Obs.]

Cotgrave.

depurgatory ‎(comparative more depurgatory, superlative most depurgatory)

(obsolete) Serving to purge; tending to cleanse or purify.
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