ABSTERGE

Definition: ABSTERGE

ABSTERGE

Transitive verb

1. To make clean by wiping; to wipe away; to cleanse; hence, to purge.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Etymology: Absterge \Ab*sterge\, transitive verb. [Latin expression abstergere, abstersum; ab, abs tergere to wipe. Compare to absterger.]. (Websters 1913)

Cleanness

Wash, lave, launder, buck; absterge, deterge; decrassify; clear, purify; depurate, despumate, defecate; purge, expurgate, elutriate, lixiviate, edulcorate, clarify, refine, rack; filter, filtrate; drain, strain.

Crosswords: ABSTERGE

Greek 

καθαρίζω (clarify, clean, cleanse, clear, clear out, clear up, defecate, finish up, flux, furbish, net, peel, purge, purify, rarefy, scavenge, scour, to clean, to skin, wash away). (various references)

Hebrew 

ל� �'ב (dry, mop, sop up, swab, towel, wipe). (various references)

Pig Latin

abstergeay.(various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "ABSTERGE": absterged, absterges. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: bareges, bargees, beaters, berates, ergates, rebates, restage.

-2 letters: agrees, aretes, barege, barest, bargee, barges, baster, beater, begets, berate, berets, breast, eagers, eagres, easter, eaters, egesta, egrets, ergate, gaster, grates, grease, greats, grebes, greets, ragees, rebate, reseat, retags, seater, stager, tabers, targes, teaser.

-3 letters: abets, agers, agree, arete, aster, bares, barge, baser, baste, bates, bears, beast, beats, beers, beets, begat, beget, beret, bergs, beset, betas, braes, brags, brats, brees, eager, eagre, eater, egers, egest, egret, erase, ester, garbs, gates, gears, geest, geste, getas, grabs, grate, great, grebe, grees, greet, ragee, rages, rates, reest, reges, reset, retag, saber, sabre, sager, saree, sarge, serge, setae, stage, stare, steer, stere, taber, tabes, tares, targe, tears, tease, terga, terse, trees.

-4 letters: abet, agee, ager, ages, arbs, ares, arse, arts, ates, bags, bare, bars, base, bast, bate, bats, bear, beat, beer, bees, beet, begs, berg, best, beta, bets, brae, brag, bras, brat, bree, ears, ease, east, eats, eger, eras, ergs, erst, etas, gabs, gaes, garb, gars, gast, gate, gats, gear, gees, gest, geta, gets, grab, grat, gree, rage, rags, rase, rate, rats, rebs, rees, regs, rest, rete, rets, sabe, sage, sate, sear, seat, seer, sera, sere, seta, stab, stag, star, tabs, tags, tare, tars, tear, teas, tees, tegs, tree, tsar.

-5 letters: abs, age, arb, are, ars, art, ate, bag, bar, bas, bat, bee, beg, bet, bra, ear, eat, era, ere, erg, ers, eta, gab, gae, gar, gas, gat, gee, get, rag, ras, rat, reb, ree, reg, res, ret, sab, sae, sag, sat, sea, see, seg, ser, set, tab, tae, tag, tar, tas, tea, tee, teg.

+1 letter: absterged, absterges.

+2 letters: eggbeaters.

+3 letters: baronetages, bilgewaters, glabrescent, registrable.

+4 letters: abridgements, beardtongues, bespattering, libertinages, registerable, talebearings.

+5 letters: carpetbaggers, flabbergasted, staggerbushes, subcategories, subcategorize, subgeneration.

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