absterse/əbˈstɜː(ɹ)s/EtymologyFrom Middle English absterse, from Latin abstersus, perfect passive participle of abstergeō (“wipe off, wipe away”); formed from abs- + tergeō (“wipe”).absterse means to absterge; to cleanse; to purge away. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 88 out of 100.absterse is pronounced /əbˈstɜː(ɹ)s/.verbTo absterge; to cleanse; to purge away.“[…] nor will we affirme that Iron ingeſted, receiveth in the ſtomack of the Oeſtridge no alteration whatſoever; but if any ſuch there be, we ſuſpect this effect rather from ſome way of corroſion, then any of digeſtion; not any liquid reduction or tendance to chilification by the power of naturall heate, but rather ſome attrition from an acide and vitriolous humidity in the ſtomack, which may abſte”