abstersive
/əbˈstɜː(ɹ).sɪv/US/æbˈstɝ.sɪv/
abstersive adjective: cleansing; purging; abstergent.
Adjective
abstersive (comparative more abstersive, superlative most abstersive)
- Cleansing; purging; abstergent.
- If he cannot digeſt a ſtrong and abſterſive drugge, for to remove his evill, let him at leaſt take a lenitive pill to eaſe the ſame.1603, Michel de Montaigne, “That the taste of goods or evilles doth greatly depend on the opinion we have of them”, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book I, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes...
- Therefore it is good, after Purging, to vſe Apozumes, and Broths, not ſo much Opening as thoſe vſed before Purging, but Abſterſiue and Mundifying Cliſters alſo are good to conclude with, to draw away the Reliques of the Humours, that may haue deſcended to the Lower Region of the Body.1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “I. Century.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William...
Noun
abstersive (plural abstersives)
- Something cleansing; detergent; abstergent.
- […]the ſtrong abſterſive of ſom heroick magiſtrat[…]1645 March 14 (Gregorian calendar), John Milton, Tetrachordon: Expositions upon the Foure Chief Places in Scripture, which Treat of Mariage, or Nullities in Mariage. […], London: [s.n.], →OCLC, page...
abstersive meaning in Tamil
abstersive in Tamil
- தூய்மைப்படுத்தும் இயல்புடைய
Forms of abstersive
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more abstersive |
| superlative | most abstersive |
| alternative form | abstergent |
| Noun | |
| plural | abstersives |
Origin of abstersive
From Middle French abstersif, from Latin abstersus.
Words formed from abstersive
Words that rhyme with abstersive
- recursive
- cursive
- immersive
- adversive
- animadversive
- aversive
- conversive
- discursive
- dispersive
- excursive
- introversive
- semicursive
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- subversive
- antidiscursive
- antisubversive
- aspersive
- co-recursive
- compersive
- contraversive
- corecursive
- counterdiscursive
- countersubversive
- cyberdiscursive
- detersive
- electrodispersive
- eversive
- extroversive
- immunosubversive
- incursive
- interconversive
- interdiscursive
- inversive
- ipsiversive
- left-recursive
- macrodiscursive
- metadiscursive
- microdiscursive
- monodispersive
- nonaversive
- noncursive
- nondiscursive
- nondispersive
- nonimmersive
- nonrecursive
- nonsubversive
- overdispersive
- perversive
- photoaversive
- polydispersive
- precursive
- primitive recursive
- proaversive
- procursive
- pursive
- reversive
- Roman cursive
- semiodiscoursive
- submersive
- subrecursive
- superrecursive
Questions about abstersive
- What does abstersive mean?
- Abstersive means cleansing; purging; abstergent.
- What is abstersive in Tamil?
- Abstersive in Tamil is தூய்மைப்படுத்தும் இயல்புடைய. See Abstersive meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is abstersive?
- Abstersive can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce abstersive?
- Abstersive is pronounced /əbˈstɜː(ɹ).sɪv/ (UK).
Words near abstersive in the dictionary
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