abstergev.

Brit.

/əbˈstəːdʒ/,

/abˈstəːdʒ/, U.S.

/əbˈstərdʒ/,

/æbˈstərdʒ/

Forms: 1500s obsterge, 1500s– absterge.

Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from French. Or (ii) a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French absterger; Latin abstergēre.

Etymology: < Middle French, French absterger to wipe clean, to wipe off (e.g. the infected matter from a wound) (2nd half of the 14th cent.) or its etymon classical Latin abstergēre to wipe clean, to wipe off, to wipe away < abs (see ab- prefix) + tergēre to wipe (see terse adj.).With the form obsterge compare ob- prefix.

Now archaic and rare.

1. transitive. To wipe away; to wipe clean, cleanse. Also occasionally intransitive.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > clean [verb (transitive)]

yclense971

cleansea1000

farmOE

fayc1220

fowc1350

absterse?a1425

mundify?a1425

muck1429

to cast clean1522

absterge1526

sprinkle1526

reconcile1535

net1536

clengec1540

neat?1575

snuff?1575

rinse1595

deterge1623

scavengea1644

scavenger1645

decrott1653

reform1675

clean1681

deterse1684

fluxa1763

to clean away, offa1839

to clean down1839

scavage1851

untaint1855

to sand and canvas1912

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > wiping > clean by wiping [verb (transitive)]

wipec960

wipec1400

absterge1526

sweep?1533

emunge-

1526 Grete Herball lx. sig. D4/2 Borax..hath vertue to drawe to obsterge, and clense the face.

?1541 R. Copland Galen's Fourth Bk. Terapeutyke sig. Hj^v, in Guy de Chauliac's Questyonary Cyrurgyens But yf ye wyll clense the vlcere ye must chuse thynges y^t absterge or wasshe moderatly, as rawe honny.

1628 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy (ed. 3) ii. ii. ii. 227 Bathes..are still frequented..all ouer Greece and those hot countries; to absterge belike, that fulsomnesse of sweat, to which they are there subiect.

1678 J. Browne Compl. Treat. Preternatural Tumours lii. 172 After it is thus fomented, it is to be absterged with such an Unguent as this.

1718 J. Quincy Pharmacopœia Officinalis 98 [It] absterges the mucus from the stomach and other parts.

1788 G. S. Howard New Royal Encycl. at Albugo A little of this powder..gradually absterges and wears off the spot by it's inciding quality.

1861 Cincinnati Med. & Surg. News Aug. 217 In performing the operation the surgeon should..stop, absterge the wound carefully, and observe the change..produced.

1981 R. Scruton Fortnight's Anger vii. 180 He made the sign of the cross,..and then suddenly cried out ‘My God, I have forgotten to absterge the podex!’

2. transitive. figurative. To purge.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > improvement > [verb (transitive)] > purify or refine

slick1340

filec1400

polishc1400

burnish1526

polite1535

extirpate1548

purify1548

soften1579

purgea1582

refine1592

mellow1593

civilize1596

rarefy1600

incivilize1603

sublimate1624

alembicate1627

chastise1627

sublime1631

calcine1635

gentilize1635

ennoble1636

subtilize1638

deconcoct1655

sublimizea1729

smooth1762

absterge1817

decrassify1855

sandpaper1890

1817 S. T. Coleridge in Ess. Own Times (1850) III. 957 It was left for the Kraulmen, from whose errors they [sc. some converts from ‘Hottentotism’] absterged themselves, to insult and abuse them as apostates and renegades.

1919 A. Abdullah Man on Horseback xxx. 194 The world, for its own salvation, must be absterged by a lotion of blood.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	absterge
释义	abstergev. Brit. /əbˈstəːdʒ/, /abˈstəːdʒ/, U.S. /əbˈstərdʒ/, /æbˈstərdʒ/ Forms: 1500s obsterge, 1500s– absterge. Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from French. Or (ii) a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French absterger; Latin abstergēre. Etymology: < Middle French, French absterger to wipe clean, to wipe off (e.g. the infected matter from a wound) (2nd half of the 14th cent.) or its etymon classical Latin abstergēre to wipe clean, to wipe off, to wipe away < abs (see ab- prefix) + tergēre to wipe (see terse adj.).With the form obsterge compare ob- prefix. Now archaic and rare. 1. transitive. To wipe away; to wipe clean, cleanse. Also occasionally intransitive. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > clean [verb (transitive)] yclense971 cleansea1000 farmOE fayc1220 fowc1350 absterse?a1425 mundify?a1425 muck1429 to cast clean1522 absterge1526 sprinkle1526 reconcile1535 net1536 clengec1540 neat?1575 snuff?1575 rinse1595 deterge1623 scavengea1644 scavenger1645 decrott1653 reform1675 clean1681 deterse1684 fluxa1763 to clean away, offa1839 to clean down1839 scavage1851 untaint1855 to sand and canvas1912 the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > wiping > clean by wiping [verb (transitive)] wipec960 wipec1400 absterge1526 sweep?1533 emunge- 1526 Grete Herball lx. sig. D4/2 Borax..hath vertue to drawe to obsterge, and clense the face. ?1541 R. Copland Galen's Fourth Bk. Terapeutyke sig. Hj^v, in Guy de Chauliac's Questyonary Cyrurgyens But yf ye wyll clense the vlcere ye must chuse thynges y^t absterge or wasshe moderatly, as rawe honny. 1628 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy (ed. 3) ii. ii. ii. 227 Bathes..are still frequented..all ouer Greece and those hot countries; to absterge belike, that fulsomnesse of sweat, to which they are there subiect. 1678 J. Browne Compl. Treat. Preternatural Tumours lii. 172 After it is thus fomented, it is to be absterged with such an Unguent as this. 1718 J. Quincy Pharmacopœia Officinalis 98 [It] absterges the mucus from the stomach and other parts. 1788 G. S. Howard New Royal Encycl. at Albugo A little of this powder..gradually absterges and wears off the spot by it's inciding quality. 1861 Cincinnati Med. & Surg. News Aug. 217 In performing the operation the surgeon should..stop, absterge the wound carefully, and observe the change..produced. 1981 R. Scruton Fortnight's Anger vii. 180 He made the sign of the cross,..and then suddenly cried out ‘My God, I have forgotten to absterge the podex!’ 2. transitive. figurative. To purge. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > improvement > [verb (transitive)] > purify or refine slick1340 filec1400 polishc1400 burnish1526 polite1535 extirpate1548 purify1548 soften1579 purgea1582 refine1592 mellow1593 civilize1596 rarefy1600 incivilize1603 sublimate1624 alembicate1627 chastise1627 sublime1631 calcine1635 gentilize1635 ennoble1636 subtilize1638 deconcoct1655 sublimizea1729 smooth1762 absterge1817 decrassify1855 sandpaper1890 1817 S. T. Coleridge in Ess. Own Times (1850) III. 957 It was left for the Kraulmen, from whose errors they [sc. some converts from ‘Hottentotism’] absterged themselves, to insult and abuse them as apostates and renegades. 1919 A. Abdullah Man on Horseback xxx. 194 The world, for its own salvation, must be absterged by a lotion of blood. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < v.1526
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