Definitions for absterge

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  1. absterge(Verb)

    To make clean by wiping; to wipe away; to cleanse; hence, to purge.

  2. Origin: From and absterger or from abstergere, present active infinitive of abstergeo; formed from abs- + tergeo.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Absterge(verb)

    to make clean by wiping; to wipe away; to cleanse; hence, to purge


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