abstergeo

abs-tergeō tersī, tersus, ēre,

to wipe off, cleanse by wiping: volnera, T.: oculos amiculo, Cu.—To wipe away, remove by wiping: fletum, i. e. tears: quasi fuligine abstersā.—Meton., to strip, break off: remos, Cu. — Fig., to remove, banish, drive off, expel: senectutis molestias: luctum.