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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


absterge

absterge

See also: abstergé

English

Verb

absterge (third-person singular simple present absterges, present participle absterging, simple past and past participle absterged)

  1. (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

  1. Lesley Brown (editor), The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition (Oxford University Press, 2003 [1933], ISBN 978-0-19-860575-7), page 9

Latin

Verb

abstergē

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of abstergeō

Spanish

Verb

absterge

  1. Informal second-person singular () affirmative imperative form of absterger.
  2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of absterger.
  3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of absterger.