absterse

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English absterse, from Latin abstersus, perfect passive participle of abstergeō (“wipe off, wipe away”); formed from abs- + tergeō (“wipe”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əbˈstɜː(ɹ)s/ (US) IPA(key): /æbˈstɝs/, /əbˈstɝs/ Hyphenation: ab‧sterse Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)s === Verb === absterse (third-person singular simple present absterses, present participle abstersing, simple past and past participle abstersed) (transitive, now rare) To absterge; to cleanse; to purge away. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.] ==== Derived terms ==== === References === == Latin == === Participle === absterse vocative masculine singular of abstersus