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absterge, v.|æbˈstɜːdʒ|
[? a. Fr. absterge-r (16th c. in Littré), ad. L. abstergē-re to wipe away, f. abs off + tergē-re to wipe. Perhaps directly from the Latin.]
To wipe away; to wipe clean; to cleanse; also fig. to purge.
1541R. Copland Galyen's Terap. 2 H j b, But yf ye wyll clense the vlcere ye must chuse thynges yt absterge or wasshe moderatly, as rawe hony. 1621Burton Anat. of Mel. (1651) ii. ii. ii. 238 Baths..are still frequented..all over Greece, and those hot countries; to absterge belike that fulsomeness of sweat, to which they are there subject. 1718Quincy Compl. Disp. 98 [It] absterges the mucus from the stomach and other parts. 1817Coleridge Ess. on Own Times (1850) III. 957 It was left for the Kraulmen, from whose errors they [some converts from ‘Hottentotism’] absterged themselves, to insult and abuse them as apostates and renegades. |