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Definition: absterge

Part of Speech Definition
Verb 1. To make clean by wiping; to wipe away; to cleanse; hence, to purge.[Websters]
2. Seldom used base verb from the following inflections: absterging, absterged, absterges, absterger, abstergers, abstergingly and abstergedly.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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"Absterge" is a common misspelling or typo for: absterged, absterger, absterges.

Date "Absterge" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references)

Etymology:Absterge \Ab*sterge\, transitive verb. [Latin expression abstergere, abstersum; ab, abs tergere to wipe. Compare to absterger.]. (references)

Specialty Definition: absterge

Domain Definition
Noah Webster [Verb] abstery'. To wipe or make clean by wiping; to cleanse by resolving obstructions in the body. [Used chiefly as a medical term.]. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary.
Wiktionary [Verb] (transitive) To make clean by wiping; to wipe away; to cleanse; hence, to purge. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonyms: absterge
Position Synonyms (sorted by strength)

Noun

 elution.
Consider also: censor, hallow, washings, washing.

Verb

 cleanse, purify.
Consider also: abreact, brighten, chasten, circumcise, clarify, decontaminate, defecate, disinfect, distil, exculpate, exonerate, expurgate, freshen, fumigate.

Adjective

 clear.

Other

 deterge, absterse, clean, clean out, depurate, abstersion, edulcorate.
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Computed Synonyms: absterge

 Rank

 Intensity 

 Word

 Synonyms

 Synonyms of synonym

 1   6.1092   absterge     wipe     rub, wipe off, scrub, delete, scavenge   
 2   6.1092   absterge     cleanse     purify, clean, wash, purge, scavenge   
 3   5.0091   absterge     mop     wiper, broom, swab, besom, brush   
 4   4.3094   absterge     purge     cleanse, purify, scour, make clean, purification   
 5   4.0092   absterge     wash     washing, rinse, bathe, launder, scrub   
 6   3.2094   absterge     scavenge     wipe, cleanse, to scavenge, scour, cleaning   
 7   3.1092   absterge     rinse     wash, launder, rinse out, rinsing, swill   
 8   3.0091   absterge     Polish     gloss, shine, lustre, burnish, rub   
 9   3.0091   absterge     purify     cleanse, refine, clarify, chasten, to clean   
 10   2.5096   absterge     deterge     purge, purify, cleanse, clean, depurate   
 11   2.1094   absterge     obliterate     efface, erase, delete, expunge, cancel   
 12   2.1093   absterge     erase     delete, remove, efface, cancel, obliterate   
 13   2.0093   absterge     scrub     rub, scour, wash, wipe, chasten   
 14   2.0093   absterge     launder     wash, rinse, to wash, bathe, rinse out   
 15   2.0091   absterge     furbish     Polish, shine, renovate, burnish, scour   
--------------------     63 synonyms ranked from 16 to 78 abridged     --------------------

Source: calculated by Eve using graph theory. "Intensity" is a score indicating the number of overlapping cliques where the word pair is found (an integer before the decimal); the first digit after the decimal is the number of overlapping terminal characters up to 9; the second characters is number of leading common characters up to 9; the last two digits measure the Levenshtein distance subtracted from 100. Top

Computed Synonyms via Expressions: absterge

 Rank

 Intensity 

 Word

 Synonyms

 Synonyms of synonym

 1   4.1091   absterge     to cleanse     cleanse, purify, to clean   
 2   3.1092   absterge     to wipe     wipe, delete, scrub   
 3   1.2092   absterge     to scavenge     scavenge, deplete, use up   
 4   1.1092   absterge     to rinse     rinse, flush, Flushing   
 5   1.1091   absterge     come off     fall out, drop, break   
 6   1.1090   absterge     strike out     delete, cancel, remove   
 7   1.1090   absterge     to defecate     defecate, purify, to shit   
 8   1.0189   absterge     draw as fowl     draw, try out as metal, acquittal   
 9   1.0185   absterge     try out as metal     try out, wipe out, come out   
 10   1.0182   absterge     act of vindication     vindication, clarification, purification   
 11   1.0092   absterge     sop up     absorb, imbibe, suck   
 12   1.0092   absterge     go through     examine, excavate, dig up   
 13   1.0091   absterge     muck out     unpick, to clean, muck-out   
 14   1.0091   absterge     cross out     delete, cancel, strike out   
 15   1.0090   absterge     mopping up     purge, cleansing, cleanup   
--------------------     1 synonyms ranked from 16 to 16 abridged     --------------------

Source: calculated by Eve using graph theory. "Intensity" is a score indicating the number of overlapping cliques where the word pair is found (an integer before the decimal); the first digit after the decimal is the number of overlapping terminal characters up to 9; the second characters is number of leading common characters up to 9; the last two digits measure the Levenshtein distance subtracted from 100. Top

Synonyms within Context: absterge

Context Synonyms within Context

Cleanness

Absterge, buck, clarify, clear, decrassify, defecate, depurate, despumate, deterge, drain, edulcorate, elutriate, expurgate, filter, filtrate, launder, lave, lixiviate, purge, purify, rack, refine, strain, wash.

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Translations: absterge

Language Translations (or nearest inflections or synonyms, in parentheses)
Chinese Simplified 去垢 (absterge), 擦去 (wipe, absterge, wipe away, wipes, wiping), 洗净 (absterge, edulcoration, mundify, purification, wash away), 擦净 (scour, scrubs, absterge), 洗淨 (absterge, abstersion, edulcorate, elution, elutriate). Additional references: Chinese Simplified, China, Brunei, absterge. (volunteer & more translations)
Chinese Traditional 擦去 (absterge, wipe away, obliterate, wipe, scrape off), 去垢 (absterge), 洗淨 (edulcoration, mundify, purification, purificator, wash away). Additional references: Chinese Traditional, China, Brunei, absterge. (volunteer & more translations)
Dari پاك كردن (erase, obliterate, rub, efface, purify), تميز كردن (scavenge, absterge, clean, cleaned, preen), تميز کردن (absterge). Additional references: Dari, Iran, Indo-European, absterge. (volunteer & more translations)
Finnish pyyhkiä (erase, mop, wipe, erased, absterge). Additional references: Finnish, Finland, Russia (Europe), absterge. (volunteer & more translations)
Gaelg glenney (chip, clarify, clean, cleaner, discharge). Additional references: Gaelg, United Kingdom, absterge. (volunteer & more translations)
Gailck glenney (chip, clarify, clean, cleaner, discharge). Additional references: Gailck, United Kingdom, absterge. (volunteer & more translations)
Hanguk Mal 씻어내다 (wash, absterge, rinse), 깨끗하다 (absterge), 깨끗이 하다 (deterge, purge, purify, cleanse, absterge), …을 닦아내다 (absterge). Additional references: Hanguk Mal, Korea, South, Korea, absterge. (volunteer & more translations)
Hanguohua 씻어내다 (wash, absterge, rinse), 깨끗하다 (absterge), 깨끗이 하다 (deterge, purge, purify, cleanse, absterge), …을 닦아내다 (absterge). Additional references: Hanguohua, Korea, South, Korea, absterge. (volunteer & more translations)
Hebrew לנגב (wipe, absterge, dry, mop, sop up). Additional references: Hebrew, Israel, absterge. (volunteer & more translations)
Italian detergere (absterge, cleanse, cleansing, launder, mop), astergere (absterge, cleanse, to cleanse, wipe away), pulito (clean, cleaned, cleansed, cleanly, neat), pulita (clean, wiping, a neat house, cleansed, shine), pulire (clean, cleanse, to clean, to cleanse, wipe). Additional references: Italian, Italy, Croatia, absterge. (volunteer & more translations)
Ivrit לנגב (wipe, absterge, dry, mop, sop up). Additional references: Ivrit, Israel, absterge. (volunteer & more translations)
Japanese ～に下剤をかける (absterge). Additional references: Japanese, Japan, Taiwan, absterge. (volunteer & more translations)
Korean 씻어내다 (wash, absterge, rinse), 깨끗하다 (absterge), 깨끗이 하다 (deterge, purge, purify, cleanse, absterge), …을 닦아내다 (absterge). Additional references: Korean, Korea, South, Korea, absterge. (volunteer & more translations)
Manx glenney (chip, clarify, clean, cleaner, discharge). Additional references: Manx, United Kingdom, absterge. (volunteer & more translations)
Manx Gaelic glenney (chip, clarify, clean, cleaner, discharge). Additional references: Manx Gaelic, United Kingdom, absterge. (volunteer & more translations)
Parsi پاك كردن (erase, obliterate, rub, efface, purify), تميز كردن (scavenge, absterge, clean, cleaned, preen), تميز کردن (absterge). Additional references: Parsi, Iran, Indo-European, absterge. (volunteer & more translations)
Persian پاك كردن (erase, obliterate, rub, efface, purify), تميز كردن (scavenge, absterge, clean, cleaned, preen), تميز کردن (absterge). Additional references: Persian, Iran, Indo-European, absterge. (volunteer & more translations)
Persian (Farsi) پاك كردن (erase, obliterate, rub, efface, purify), تميز كردن (scavenge, absterge, clean, cleaned, preen), تميز کردن (absterge). Additional references: Persian (Farsi), Iran, Indo-European, absterge. (volunteer & more translations)
Suomea pyyhkiä (erase, mop, wipe, erased, absterge). Additional references: Suomea, Finland, Russia (Europe), absterge. (volunteer & more translations)
Suomi pyyhkiä (erase, mop, wipe, erased, absterge). Additional references: Suomi, Finland, Russia (Europe), absterge. (volunteer & more translations)
Urdu صاف کرنا ۔ دھونا ۔ میل نکالنا ۔ زخم دھونا (absterge). Additional references: Urdu, Pakistan, India, absterge. (volunteer & more translations)
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Constructed Language Translations: absterge

Language Translations for “absterge” or closest synonym(s); back translations in parentheses.
Athag athagabstathagerge (absterge). Additional references: Athag, absterge. (volunteer)
Double Dutch agabstagerge (absterge). Additional references: Double Dutch, absterge. (volunteer)
Leet 4|>z7£|26£ (absterge). Additional references: Leet, absterge. (volunteer)
Oppish opabstoperge (absterge). Additional references: Oppish, absterge. (volunteer)
Pig Latin abstergeway (absterge). Additional references: Pig Latin, absterge. (volunteer)
Terran B pulirge (absterge). Additional references: Terran B, absterge. (volunteer)
Ubbi Dubbi ubabstuberge (absterge). Additional references: Ubbi Dubbi, absterge. (volunteer)
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Adjacent words:

Abstained     Abstention     Abstergers
Abstainedly     Abstentionly     Absterges
Abstainer     Abstentions     Absterging
Abstainers     Abstentious     Abstergingly
Abstaining     Abstentiously     Absterse
Abstainingly     Absterge     Abstersed
Abstains     Absterged     Abstersedly
Abstandsprache     Abstergedly     Absterser
Abstemious     Abstergent     Abstersers
Abstemiously     Abstergently     Absterses
Abstemiousness     Absterger     Abstersing


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