Etymology

abluent

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Today it means: Washing away; carrying off impurities; detergent. Full definition →

Latin abluēns
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  1. Latin · borrowed fromabluēns
  2. English todayabluent

From Latin abluēns, present active participle of abluō (“to wash off or away; cleanse, purify”), from ab (“from, away from”) + lavō (“to wash, cleanse”). See lave.

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