Word
abstersive
Phoneticsab·ster·sive
Definition
adj. a very old word for something that removes or takes away. It is rarely used today and mostly appears in old books or legal documents.
adj. a rare and archaic adjective denoting the power to remove, take away, or deprive. Primarily found in historical legal or literary contexts.
Examples
“The old law was abstersive of certain rights.”
“The judge noted that the new regulation was abstersive of the previous treaty's protections.”
“While the term is largely obsolete in modern legal discourse, historical scholars may still encounter it in the context of abstersive clauses designed to strip away specific privileges.”
Examples
simple
“The old law was abstersive of certain rights.”
contextual
“The judge noted that the new regulation was abstersive of the previous treaty's protections.”
complex
“While the term is largely obsolete in modern legal discourse, historical scholars may still encounter it in the context of abstersive clauses designed to strip away specific privileges.”
Etymology
From Middle French abstersif, from Latin abstersus.
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Scan code
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