deterge
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From French déterger, from Latin dētergēre, from dē- + tergēre.
Verb
[edit]deterge (third-person singular simple present deterges, present participle deterging, simple past and past participle deterged)
- (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
Anagrams
[edit]Italian
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[edit]Verb
[edit]deterge
Latin
[edit]Verb
[edit]dētergē
Spanish
[edit]Verb
[edit]deterge
- inflection of deterger:
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