The Collaborative International Dictionary
Abstersive
Abstersive \Ab*ster"sive\, a. [Cf. F. abstersif. See
Absterge.]
Cleansing; purging.
--Bacon.
Abstersive
Abstersive \Ab*ster"sive\, n. Something cleansing.
The strong abstersive of some heroic magistrate.
--Milton.
Wiktionary
abstersive
a. cleansing; purging; abstergent. (First attested around 1350 to 1470.)(R:SOED5: page=10) n. (context now rare English) Something cleansing; detergent; abstergent. (First attested around 1350 to 1470.)
Usage examples of "abstersive".
But you shelter from Nature in houses, you protect yourselves by clothes that are useful instead of being ornamental, you wash—with such abstersive chemicals as soap for example—and above all you consult doctors.