Definitions | absterge |
| verb (absterg, ing)
- (transitive) To make clean by wipe, wiping; to wipe away; to cleanse; hence, to purge.
Etymology: From Old and modern French absterger or from Latin abstergere, formed from abs- + tergere "to wipe".
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