| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. To make clean by wiping; to wipe away; to cleanse; hence, to purge.[Websters] 2. Seldom used base verb from the following inflections: absterging, absterged, absterges, absterger, abstergers, abstergingly and abstergedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "ABSTERGE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references) |
| Etymology:Absterge \Ab*sterge\, transitive verb. [Latin expression abstergere, abstersum; ab, abs tergere to wipe. Compare to absterger.]. (references) |
Specialty Definition: ABSTERGE
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Verb] abstery'. To wipe or make clean by wiping; to cleanse by resolving obstructions in the body. [Used chiefly as a medical term.]. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | [Verb] (transitive) To make clean by wiping; to wipe away; to cleanse; hence, to purge. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||
