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abluent
"Having the property of cleansing the body", Early 18th cent.; earliest use found in
Glossographia Anglicana Nova
. From classical Latin
abluent-
,
abluēns
, present participle of
abluere
to wash off or away from
ab-
+
luere
to wash.