| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Noun | 1. A substance used in cleansing; a detergent; as, soap is an abstergent.[Websters]. | |
| Adjective | 1. Serving to cleanse, detergent.[Websters]
2. Being detergent. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. Being cathartic, purgative, laxative or purgatorial. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. Rarely used base adjective of the adverb abstergently.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adverb Form (abstergently) | 1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective abstergent.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "ABSTERGENT" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references) |
Specialty Definition: ABSTERGENT
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Adjective] Wiping; cleansing.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | 1: [Adjective] Serving to cleanse, detergent. (references) | 2: [Noun] A substance used in cleansing; a detergent; as, soap is an abstergent. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||
