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deterge, v.|dɪˈtɜːdʒ| [ad. L. dētergē-re to wipe off or away, f. de- I. 2 + tergēre to wipe: perhaps after F. déterger (Paré 16th c., not in Cotgr.; in Dict. Acad. from 1740).] trans. To wipe away; to wash off or out, cleanse; chiefly, in Medical use, to clear away foul or offensive matter from the body, from an ulcer, etc.
1623Cockeram, Deterge, to rub out. 1634T. Johnson Parey's Chirurg. xxvi. xiv. (1678) 638 Detersive is defined to be that which doth deterge or cleanse an ulcer. 1651Wittie tr. Primrose's Pop. Err. iv. 268 They further the working of the purge, and deterge and cleanse the stomach from humours. 1727Bradley Fam. Dict. I. U ij, If externally used, it [Balm of Gilead] gently deterges and incarnates. a1734North Exam. i. ii. §133 (1740) 104 To deterge some of the frothy foul slaver he has spit at it. 1787J. Collins in Med. Commun. II. 364 The fauces were deterged with gargles. 1857Dunglison Med. Lex. 289 Medicines which possess the power to deterge or cleanse parts. Hence deˈterging ppl. a.; also deˈterger = detergent n.
1651Wittie tr. Primrose's Pop. Err. i. v. 20 A Surgeon, who in an Ulcer..did daily apply a strong deterger, viz., Verdigrease. Ibid., A deterging Medicine. 1732Arbuthnot Rules of Diet i. 250 Barley is deterging, tho' viscous in a small degree. |