deterge
/dɪˈtəːdʒ
/verb [with object] rare
Cleanse thoroughly: she wanted to deterge herself completely of it...
- We then watch him clean his sheets as a metaphor of his resolve to deterge the world of evil.
- After being dried-up the polymer is not deterged by any well-known lacquer solvents.
- The plasma-enhanced chemical cleaning is employed to deterge the Al pads of IC products.
Origin
Early 17th century: from French déterger or Latin detergere 'wipe away'.
- in someone's corner
- in someone's hip pocket
- in someone's keeping
- in someone's lap
- in someone's name
- in someone's place
- in someone's pocket
- in someone's wisdom
- in someone/thing's (own) way
- in some sort
- insomnia
- insomniac
- insomuch
- in sooth
- insouciance
- insouciant
- insouciantly
- insource
- insourcing
- insp.
- in spades
- inspan
- in specie
- inspect
- inspection