absterge

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
11
Words With Friends
13
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/əbˈstɜː(ɹ)d͡ʒ/
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/əbˈstɜː(ɹ)d͡ʒ/ · /æbˈstɝd͡ʒ/(US) · /əbˈstɝd͡ʒ/(US)

Definition of absterge

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (archaic, transitive)To make clean by wiping; to wipe away.

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Etymology

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

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