Absterge

Webster's Condensed Dictionary- A Condensed Dictionary of the English Language · 1909 · p. 19

ab-stSrj', v. [absterged (-sterjd'), sun, cube, full; moon, cow, oil; ACANTHUS -sterging.] To make clean by wiping; to cleanse by lotions, etc. [L. abs and tergere, to wipe.] — Abster'gent, a. Serving to cleanse; detergent. Absterse', -stSrs', v. To cleanse by wiping. — AbsterSion, -shun, n. Act of, etc. — AbsterSive, -siv, a. Having the quality of cleansing.