WIPE Copy link • WIPEtergere: detergere: extergere (to remove by wiping, to clean while wiping): abstergere (to wipe away). To wipe one’s hands, manus tergere or sibi extergere. To dry, siccare: exsiccare. To wipe away one’s tears, lacrimas abstergere: to wipe one’s nose, se emungere. To wipe out, extergere: pertergere (to clean by wiping): exstinguere: delere (to wipe out anything written). To wipe out with one’s tongue, lingua delere (Suet., Cal., 20). To clean, Vid.