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aˈbluted, ppl. a.
[pa. pple. of vb. ablute (ablute v.), not found until later (cf. dilute, diluted); f. L. ablu-ĕre, ablūt-um; f. ab off + lu-ĕre to wash.]
Washed away; washed clean.
1650Venner Via Recta 307 Excorticated Barley well mundified and abluted. 1754Gardner Hist. Dunwich The shingle & sand were so abluted in some places, by the vehemence of the furious waves. 1922Joyce Ulysses 695 He scratched..his partly exposed, wholly abluted skin. |