absterge

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See also: abstergé

English

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Etymology

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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

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Verb

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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 16th century.][1]
    Synonyms: cleanse, purge

References

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  1. ^ Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “absterge”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 9.

Latin

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Verb

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abstergē

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of abstergeō

Spanish

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Verb

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absterge

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