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Webster 1913 Edition

Verb.

[

imp. & p. p.

Deterged

;

p. pr. & vb. n.

Deterging

[L.

detergere

detersum

;

tergere

to rub or wipe off: cf. F.

déterger

To cleanse; to purge away, as foul or offending matter from the body, or from an ulcer.

Verb.

deterj. [L., to wipe or scour.] To cleanse; to purge away foul or offending matter, from the body, or from an ulcer.

See also: deterge

detergé

(Latin America) Informal second-person singular (voseo) affirmative imperative form of deterger.