Definition of Deterging

1. deterge [v] - See also: deterge

Lexicographical Neighbors of Deterging

detenue
detenues
detenus
deter
deterge
deterged
detergence
detergencies
detergency
detergent
detergent builder
detergents
deterger
detergers
deterges
deterging (current term)
deteriorate
deteriorated
deteriorates
deteriorating
deterioratingly
deterioration
deteriorationism
deteriorationist
deteriorationists
deteriorations
deteriorative
deteriority
determent
determents

Literary usage of Deterging

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. London: Being an Accurate History and Description of the British Metropolis by David Hughson (1809)
"... these waters, by their attenuating and deterging qualities, pervade every part of the system, and bid fair to prove efficacious remedies. ..."

2. Every Man His Own Farrier, Or, The Whole Art of Farriery Laid Open by Francis Clater (1786)
"It is excellent for cleaning an.4 deterging ulcers, ... a.nd deterging old ulcers, in different parts of the body, ..."

3. An Introduction to the Water-cure: A Concise Exposition of the Human by Thomas Low Nichols (1855)
"We know that the lungs constitute a very large deterging or cleansing organ. ... The lungs then, being a great deterging or cleansing organ, ..."

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