Ab-stēr'sive1, a.
[Fr. abstersif, Pr. abstersiu.] Having the quality of cleansing. Bacon.
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[Fr. abstersif, Pr. abstersiu.] Having the quality of cleansing. Bacon.
n. Something cleansing. [Rare.] The strong abstersive of some heroic magistrate. Milton.