"deterge" meaning in English

See deterge in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: deterges [present, singular, third-person], deterging [participle, present], deterged [participle, past], deterged [past]
Etymology: From French déterger, from Latin dētergēre, from dē- + tergēre. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*terh₁-}}, {{der|en|fr|déterger}} French déterger, {{uder|en|la|dētergēre}} Latin dētergēre Head templates: {{en-verb}} deterge (third-person singular simple present deterges, present participle deterging, simple past and past participle deterged)
  1. (transitive) To clean (especially a wound) of undesirable material. Tags: transitive Related terms: detersion
    Sense id: en-deterge-en-verb-log4wZMi Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with 4 entries Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 25 30 16 25 4

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