absterge

See also: abstergé

English

Etymology

From French and Middle French absterger or from Medieval Latin abstergēre, present active infinitive of abstergeō (“wipe off or away”); formed from abs- + tergeō (“to wipe off”).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əbˈstɜː(ɹ)d͡ʒ/
  • (US) IPA(key): /æbˈstɝd͡ʒ/, /əbˈstɝd͡ʒ/
  • Hyphenation: ab‧sterge
  • Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)dʒ

Verb

absterge (third-person singular simple present absterges, present participle absterging, simple past and past participle absterged)

  1. (transitive, archaic, now rare) To make clean by wiping; to wipe away. [First attested in the early 16th century.][1]
    Synonyms: cleanse, purge

References

  1. ↑ Lesley Brown (editor), The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition (Oxford University Press, 2003 [1933], →ISBN), page 9

Latin

Verb

abstergē

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of abstergeō

Spanish

Verb

absterge

  1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of absterger.
  2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of absterger.
  3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of absterger.
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