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absterges

absterges is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 absterges

What is absterges the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Absterges is the third-person singular simple present indicative of absterge.

Words near absterges in the dictionary

  1. abstentiousness
  2. absterge
  3. absterged
  4. abstergent
  5. abstergents
  6. absterges
  7. absterging
  8. absterse
  9. abstersed
  10. absterses
  11. abstersing

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Adapted from Wiktionary: absterges (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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