deterge

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See also: detergé, déterge, and détergé

English

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Etymology

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From French déterger, from Latin dētergēre, from dē- + tergēre.

Verb

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deterge (third-person singular simple present deterges, present participle deterging, simple past and past participle deterged)

  1. (transitive) To clean (especially a wound) of undesirable material.
    • 1742, George Cheyne, The Natural Method Of Cureing the Diseases of the Body:
      Nature to attenuate, open, deterge, and dissolve; and Milk and Water, and Seeds, to cool, nourish, and balmify

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Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /deˈtɛr.d͡ʒe/
  • Rhymes: -ɛrdʒe
  • Hyphenation: de‧tèr‧ge

Verb

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deterge

  1. third-person singular present indicative of detergere

Latin

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Verb

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dētergē

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of dētergeō

Spanish

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Verb

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deterge

  1. inflection of deterger:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative