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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.
To wipe or make clean by wiping; to cleanse by resolving obstructions in the body. [Used chiefly as a medical term.]
Definition 2024
absterge
absterge
See also: abstergé
English
Verb
absterge (third-person singular simple present absterges, present participle absterging, simple past and past participle absterged)
- (transitive, archaic, now rare) To make clean by wiping; to wipe away; to cleanse; to purge. [First attested in the early 16th century.][1]
References
- ↑ Lesley Brown (editor), The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition (Oxford University Press, 2003 [1933], ISBN 978-0-19-860575-7), page 9