Absterged

/æbˈstɜrdʒd/ verb

Definition

Past tense of 'absterge'; having been cleansed or wiped away.

Etymology

Regular past tense formation of the verb 'absterge', adding '-ed' to create the past participle form.

Kelly Says

This form is so obscure you'd almost never see it in modern writing, but historical medical texts from the 1600s use it to describe cleansing procedures that were cutting-edge at the time.

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