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deterge

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
de-terge
IPA
9
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To clean (especially a wound) of undesirable material.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

Etymology

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

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: *terh₁-, déterger

Usage

Inflected Forms

deterges (present, singular) deterging (participle, present) deterged (participle, past) deterged (past)

Frequently Paired Words

detersion

Questions

What does deterge mean?
To clean (especially a wound) of undesirable material.
Where does deterge come from?
It is traced to French.

How to pronounce deterge

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