purgĭto, āre, v. freq. a. [purgo], to cleanse, purify, purge (Plautin.). *
I Lit.: carnificis angiporta purgitans, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Non. 190, 10.—*
II Trop., to excuse one's self , Plaut. Aul. 4, 10, 23.