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Etymology[]
absterse + -ive. Compare French abstersif. See absterge
Adjective[]
Abstersive (comparative {{{1}}}, superlative {{{2}}})
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- Cleansing; purging. - Francis Bacon
Noun[]
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Abstersive ({{{1}}})
- Something cleansing.
- The strong abstersive of some heroic magistrate. - John Milton
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