What does abstersive mean?
Definitions for abstersive
ab·ster·sive
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abstersivenoun
Something cleansing.
abstersiveadjective
Cleansing; purging.
Etymology: From abstersif, from abstergere.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Abstersiveadjective
That has the quality of absterging or cleansing.
Etymology: from absterge.
It is good, after purging, to use apozemes and broths, not so much opening as those used before purging; but abstersive and mundifying clysters also are good to conclude with, to draw away the reliques of the humours. Francis Bacon, Nat. History.
A tablet stood of that abstersive tree,
Where Æthiops’ swarthy bird did build to nest. John Denham.There, many a flow’r abstersive grew,
Thy fav’rite flow’rs of yellow hue. Jonathan Swift, Miscellanies.
Webster Dictionary
Abstersiveadjective
cleansing; purging
Abstersivenoun
something cleansing
Etymology: [Cf. F. abstersif. See Absterge.]
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of abstersive in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of abstersive in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
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