absterge

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absterge - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Absterge \Ab*sterge\, v. t. [L. abstergere, abstersum; ab, abs +
     tergere to wipe. Cf. F absterger.]
     To make clean by wiping; to wipe away; to cleanse; hence, to
     purge. [R.] --Quincy.
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