Abstersive
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /əbˈstɜː(ɹ).sɪv/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Abstersive is an adjective meaning Cleansing; purging; abstergent.
Meaning
Cleansing; purging; abstergent.
More Meanings
- (now rare) Something cleansing; detergent; abstergent.
Example Sentences
[…]the ſtrong abſterſive of ſom heroick magiſtrat[…]
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.
[S]ome Bodies taken into that of a Man, are deoppilating, others inciding, reſolving, diſcuſſing, ſuppurating, abſterſive of noxious adherences, and thickning the Blood and humors, being aſtringent, Anodinous or appeaſing paine &c.
Therefore it is good, after Purging, to vſe Apozumes, and Broths, not ſo much Opening as thoſe vſed before Purging, but Abſterſiue and Mundifying Cliſters alſo are good to conclude with, to draw away the Reliques of the Humours, that may haue deſcended to the Lower Region of the Body.
Word Forms
- abstergent
- abstersives
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include abluent, depuratory, eradicatory, ablative, abdicant, ablatitious.
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