deterge

From French déterger, from Latin dētergēre, from dē- + tergēre.

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.
   • 1742, George Cheyne, The Natural Method Of Cureing the Diseases of the Body:

     Nature to attenuate, open, deterge, and dissolve; and Milk and Water, and Seeds, to cool, nourish, and balmify

• detersion

• greeted

• IPA^(key): /deˈtɛr.d͡ʒe/
• Rhymes: -ɛrdʒe
• Hyphenation: de‧tèr‧ge

deterge

1. third-person singular present indicative of detergere

dētergē

1. second-person singular present active imperative of dētergeō

deterge

1. inflection of deterger:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative