deterge
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 9
- Words With Friends
- 10
- Letters
- 7
Definition of deterge
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
verb
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(transitive)To clean (especially a wound) of undesirable material.
“Nature to attenuate, open, deterge, and dissolve; and Milk and Water, and Seeds, to cool, nourish, and balmify”
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Etymology
From French déterger, from Latin dētergēre, from dē- + tergēre.
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