
v. t. To absterge; to cleanse; to purge away. [ Obs. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]
[ F. austère, L. austerus, fr. Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; to parch, dry. Cf. Sear. ]
From whom the austere Etrurian virtue rose. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. Severely; rigidly; sternly. [ 1913 Webster ]
A doctrine austerely logical. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.