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English
Etymology
Back-formation from ablution.
Pronunciation
Verb
ablute (third-person singular simple present ablutes, present participle abluting, simple past and past participle abluted)
- (intransitive, colloquial) To wash oneself.
- (transitive, colloquial) To wash.
Derived terms
Translations
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “ablute”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 5.
Anagrams
Latin
Participle
ablūte
- vocative masculine singular of ablūtus