abstersive

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Abstersive \Ab*ster"sive\, a. [Cf. F. abstersif. See
   {Absterge}.]
   Cleansing; purging. --Bacon.
   [1913 Webster]
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Abstersive \Ab*ster"sive\, n.
   Something cleansing.
   [1913 Webster]

         The strong abstersive of some heroic magistrate.
                                                  --Milton.
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