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absterging

absterging is the present participle and gerund 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 absterging

What is absterging the present participle and gerund of?
Absterging is the present participle and gerund of absterge.

Words near absterging in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: absterging (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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