absterge

/əbˈstɜː(ɹ)d͡ʒ/

UK: /əbˈstɜː(ɹ)d͡ʒ/

absterge

English Verb

Definition

To make clean by wiping; to wipe away.

Etymology

From French and Middle French absterger or from Medieval Latin abstergēre (“wipe off or away”); formed from Latin abs- + tergeō (“to wipe off”).