absterse
Syllables: ab·sterseUK/əbˈstɜː(ɹ)s//æbˈstɝs/
absterse verb: to absterge; to cleanse; to purge away.
Verb
absterse (third-person singular simple present absterses, present participle abstersing, simple past and past participle abstersed)
- To absterge; to cleanse; to purge away.
- […] nor will we affirme that Iron ingeſted, receiveth in the ſtomack of the Oeſtridge no alteration whatſoever; but if any ſuch there be, we ſuſpect this effect rather from ſome way of corroſion, then any of digeſtion; not any liquid reduction or tendance to chilification by the power of naturall...1646, Thomas Browne, “Of the Oestridge”, in Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], London: […] T[homas] H[arper] for Edward Dod, […], →OCLC, 3rd book, page 164
absterse meaning in Bengali
absterse in Bengali
- পরিষ্কার করা, ঘষে মুছে ফেলা
Forms of absterse
| third-person singular present | absterses |
|---|---|
| present participle | abstersing |
| past participle | abstersed |
| past | abstersed |
Origin of absterse
From Middle English absterse, from Latin abstersus, perfect passive participle of abstergeō (“wipe off, wipe away”); formed from abs- + tergeō (“wipe”).
Words formed from absterse
Words that rhyme with absterse
36 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- purse
- worse
- -verse
- coerce
- converse
- excurse
- immerse
- multiverse
- obverse
- terce
- terse
- amerce
- asperse
- herse
- neurodiverse
- perse
- reimburse
- transverse
- a blessing and a curse
- accurse
- costotransverse
- demerse
- disburse
- Erse
- intertransverse
- megadiverse
- murse
- nontransverse
- pretransverse
- public purse
- recurse
- renverse
- sperse
- submerse
- subtransverse
- thurse
Questions about absterse
- What does absterse mean?
- Absterse means to absterge; to cleanse; to purge away.
- What is absterse in Bengali?
- Absterse in Bengali is পরিষ্কার করা, ঘষে মুছে ফেলা. See Absterse meaning in Bengali.
- What part of speech is absterse?
- Absterse is a verb.
- How do you pronounce absterse?
- Absterse is pronounced /əbˈstɜː(ɹ)s/ (UK).
- What is the past tense of absterse?
- The past tense of absterse is abstersed.
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