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Absterge
Ab*sterge\, v. t. [L. abstergere, abstersum; ab, abs + tergere to wipe. Cf. F absterger.] To make clean by wiping; to wipe away; to cleanse; hence, to purge. [R.] --Quincy.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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