abstersive
1Abstersive — Ab*ster sive, n. Something cleansing. [1913 Webster] The strong abstersive of some heroic magistrate. Milton. [1913 Webster] …
2Abstersive — Ab*ster sive, a. [Cf. F. abstersif. See {Absterge}.] Cleansing; purging. Bacon. [1913 Webster] …
3abstersive — 1. adjective Cleansing; purging. If he cannot digest a strong and abstersive drug, for to remove his evill, let him at least take a lenitive pill to ease the same. 2. noun Something cleansing …
4abstersive — abstersiveness, n. /ab sterr siv/, adj. abstergent. [1400 50; late ME ( < MF) < ML abstersivus, equiv. to L absters(us), ptp. of abstergere (see ABSTERGENT) + ivus IVE] * * * …
5abstersive — ab·ster·sive …
6abstersive — I. rsiv, rz adjective Etymology: Middle French abstersif, from Latin abstersus + Middle French if ive : abstergent II. noun ( s) …
7abstersif — ⇒ABSTERSIF, IVE, adj. et subst. MÉD. [En parlant d un remède] Propre à nettoyer : • 1. Chaulde est quelque peu, lenitive, Mondificative, abstersive... T. LESPLEIGNEY, Promptuaire des médecines simples, 1899, p. 64 (Publ. par P. Dorveaux). • 2.… …
8Remedy — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Remedy >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 remedy remedy help redress Sgm: N 1 anthelmintic anthelmintic Sgm: N 1 antidote antidote antifebrile antipoison counterpoison antitoxin antispasmodic …
9Abstersiveness — Ab*ster sive*ness, n. The quality of being abstersive. Fuller. [1913 Webster] …
10abstersiveness — noun The quality of being abstersive …
