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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Absterge

· Ab·sterge · IPA /æbˈstɝd͡ʒ/
01 v. t. To make clean by wiping; to wipe away; to cleanse; hence, to purge.
  1. 1.
    To make clean by wiping; to wipe away; to cleanse; hence, to purge.[R.]