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As an adjective abstersive is

cleansing; purging; abstergent .

As a noun abstersive is

(now|rare) something cleansing; detergent; abstergent .

wikidiffcom

Not English

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abstersive

English

Alternative forms

* abstergent

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Cleansing; purging; abstergent.
    • (Francis Bacon)
  • *, I.40:
    • 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.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (now, rare) Something cleansing; detergent; abstergent.
  • * The strong abstersive of some heroic magistrate. -

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