Abstersive

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Abstersive \Ab*ster"sive\, a. [Cf. F. abstersif. See
     {Absterge}.]
     Cleansing; purging. --Bacon.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Abstersive \Ab*ster"sive\, n.
     Something cleansing.
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           The strong abstersive of some heroic magistrate.
                                                    --Milton.
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