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absterged

absterged is the simple past and past participle of absterge.

Meaning of absterge

Verb

absterge (third-person singular simple present absterges, present participle absterging, simple past and past participle absterged)

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

Questions about absterged

What is absterged the simple past and past participle of?
Absterged is the simple past and past participle of absterge.

Words near absterged in the dictionary

  1. abstentionists
  2. abstentions
  3. abstentious
  4. abstentiousness
  5. absterge
  6. absterged
  7. abstergent
  8. abstergents
  9. absterges
  10. absterging
  11. absterse

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Adapted from Wiktionary: absterged (page history and authors); absterge (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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