v. Obs. rare–1. [irreg. f. L. abstergē-re, + -FY.] ‘To cleanse.’
1612. Benvenuto, Passenger’s Dialogues, Ital. & Eng. (Nares). Specially, when wee would abstergifie, and that the huske remaine behind in the boyling of it.
v. Obs. rare–1. [irreg. f. L. abstergē-re, + -FY.] ‘To cleanse.’
1612. Benvenuto, Passenger’s Dialogues, Ital. & Eng. (Nares). Specially, when wee would abstergifie, and that the huske remaine behind in the boyling of it.
