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—abstersiveness, n./ab sterr"siv/, adj.abstergent.[1400-50; late ME ( < MF) < ML abstersivus, equiv. to L absters(us), ptp. of abstergere (see ABSTERGENT) + -ivus -IVE]
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Abstersive — Ab*ster sive, n. Something cleansing. [1913 Webster] The strong abstersive of some heroic magistrate. Milton. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Abstersive — Ab*ster sive, a. [Cf. F. abstersif. See {Absterge}.] Cleansing; purging. Bacon. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
abstersive — 1. adjective Cleansing; purging. If he cannot digest a strong and abstersive drug, for to remove his evill, let him at least take a lenitive pill to ease the same. 2. noun Something cleansing … Wiktionary
abstersive — ab·ster·sive … English syllables
abstersive — I. rsiv, rz adjective Etymology: Middle French abstersif, from Latin abstersus + Middle French if ive : abstergent II. noun ( s) … Useful english dictionary
abstersif — ⇒ABSTERSIF, IVE, adj. et subst. MÉD. [En parlant d un remède] Propre à nettoyer : • 1. Chaulde est quelque peu, lenitive, Mondificative, abstersive... T. LESPLEIGNEY, Promptuaire des médecines simples, 1899, p. 64 (Publ. par P. Dorveaux). • 2.… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Remedy — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Remedy >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 remedy remedy help redress Sgm: N 1 anthelmintic anthelmintic Sgm: N 1 antidote antidote antifebrile antipoison counterpoison antitoxin antispasmodic … English dictionary for students
Abstersiveness — Ab*ster sive*ness, n. The quality of being abstersive. Fuller. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
abstersiveness — noun The quality of being abstersive … Wiktionary
purgative — I. a. Cathartic, abstergent, abstersive, cleansing, purifying, evacuant, detersive, detergent. II. n. (Med.) Purge, physic, cathartic, scourer, purgative medicine … New dictionary of synonyms
