Sekirov Dictionary

abstersive

UK /əbˈstɜː(ɹ).sɪv/US /æbˈstɝ.sɪv/

adjective 1
noun 1
forms 3

adjective1

•
Cleansing; purging; abstergent.
- If he cannot digest a strong and abstersive drugge, for to remove his evill, let him at least take a lenitive pill to ease the same. — 1603

noun1

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(no longer used) Something cleansing; detergent; abstergent.
- […]the strong abstersive of som heroick magistrat[…] — 1645

forms

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