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ab⋅lu⋅ent

  [ab-loo-uhnt]
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–adjective
1. serving to cleanse.
–noun
2. a cleansing agent.
Origin:
1745–55; < L abluent- (s. of abluēns, prp. of abluere to wash away), equiv. to ab- ab- + -lū- comb. form of lavere to wash + -ent -ent
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Abluent

Ab"lu*ent\, a. [L. abluens, p. pr. of. abluere to wash away; ab + luere (lavere, lavare). See Lave.] Washing away; carrying off impurities; detergent. -- n. (Med.) A detergent.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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