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Absterse

Absterse \Ab*sterse"\, v. t. To absterge; to cleanse; to purge away. [Obs.]
--Sir T. Browne.

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absterse

vb. (context transitive now rare English) To absterge; to cleanse; to purge away. (First attested around 1350 to 1470.)(R:SOED5: page=10)