ABSTERSIVE

Etymology

Adjective

abstersive (comparative more abstersive, superlative most abstersive)

Cleansing; purging; abstergent. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]

Noun

abstersive (plural abstersives)

(now, rare) Something cleansing; detergent; abstergent. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]

Source: Wiktionary

Ab*ster"sive, a. Etym: [Cf. F. abstersif. See Absterge.]

Definition: Cleansing; purging. Bacon.

Ab*ster"sive, n.

Definition: Something cleansing. The strong abstersive of some heroic magistrate. Milton.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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