uncleanse

English

Etymology

From un- +‎ cleanse.

Verb

uncleanse (third-person singular simple present uncleanses, present participle uncleansing, simple past and past participle uncleansed)

1. (transitive) To reverse the cleansing of; make unclean
   • 1968, Hugo Manning, The Secret Sea:

     And the prowling angers which seek to uncleanse The mighty volition, [...]

   • 2000, Software Development, Volume 8, Issues 7-12:

     You will also need to take input XML documents, parse them, and "uncleanse" the data so it can be understood by the legacy system.