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Webster 1913 Edition

Absterge

Ab-sterge

,
Verb.
T.
[L.
abstergere
,
abstersum
;
ab
,
abs
+
tergere
to wipe. Cf. F
absterger
.]
To make clean by wiping; to wipe away; to cleanse; hence, to purge.
[R.]
Quincy.

Webster 1828 Edition

Absterge

ABSTERGE'

,
Verb.
T.
abstery'. [L. abstergeo, of abs and tergeo, to wipe. Tergeo may have a common origin with the Sw. torcka, G. trocknen, D. droogen, Sax. drygan, to dry; for these Teutonic verbs signify to wipe, as well as to dry.]
To wipe or make clean by wiping; to cleanse by resolving obstructions in the body. [Used chiefly as a medical term.]

Definition 2024

abstergé

abstergé

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Spanish

Verb

abstergé

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

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