Absterge
//əbˈstɜː(ɹ)d͡ʒ// verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To make clean by wiping; to wipe away. archaic, transitive
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From French and Middle French absterger or from Medieval Latin abstergēre (“wipe off or away”); formed from Latin abs- + tergeō (“to wipe off”).
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