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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[Cf.

détersif

Cleansing; detergent.

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Noun.

A cleansing agent; a detergent.

Adj.

[See Deterge.] Cleansing; having power to cleanse from offending matter.

Noun.

A medicine which has the power of cleansing ulcers, or carrying off foul matter.