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)
- (transitive, archaic, now rare) To make clean by wiping; to wipe away. [First attested in the early 16th century.][1]
- Synonyms: cleanse, purge
References
- “absterge” in Lesley Brown, editor, The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 9.
Latin
Verb
abstergē
- second-person singular present active imperative of abstergeō
Spanish
Verb
absterge
- Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of absterger.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of absterger.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of absterger.