Absterse Definition

verb

(now rare) To absterge; to cleanse; to purge away. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]

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Origin of Absterse

  • From Latin abstersus, perfect passive participle of abstergeō (“wipe off, wipe away”); formed from abs- + tergeō (“wipe”).

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