absterge

See also: abstergé

English

Etymology

From French and Middle French absterger or from Medieval Latin abstergēre, present active infinitive of abstergeō (“wipe off or away”); formed from Latin abs- + tergeō (“to wipe off”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /əbˈstɜː(ɹ)d͡ʒ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /æbˈstɝd͡ʒ/, /əbˈstɝd͡ʒ/

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• Hyphenation: ab‧sterge
• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)dʒ

Verb

absterge (third-person singular simple present absterges, present participle absterging, simple past and past participle absterged)

1. (transitive, archaic, now rare) To make clean by wiping; to wipe away. [First attested in the early 16^th century.]

   Synonyms: cleanse, purge

Latin

Verb

abstergē

1. second-person singular present active imperative of abstergeō

Spanish

Verb

absterge

1. inflection of absterger:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative