
wipe clean; expunge; purge; purify
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• (v. t.) To make clean by wiping; to wipe away; to cleanse; hence, to purge.
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Ab·sterge transitive verb [ Latin
abstergere ,
abstersum ;
ab ,
abs +
tergere to wipe. Confer F
absterger .] To make clean by wiping; to wipe away; to cleanse; hence, to purge. [ R.]
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absterge, absterging, absterged 1. To wipe, or to make, clean; to wipe away. 2. To purge, to cleanse; hence, to purge.
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