Meaning & use
Ablute
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To wash oneself, especially the whole body; to bathe or perform ablutions. Chiefly used informally or humorously in British English.
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After the long hike, they finally got a chance to ablute in the cold mountain stream.
He ablutes every morning before breakfast, a ritual he never skips.
A note on using this word
This is a humorous back-formation from the noun 'ablution' (the act of washing oneself), used mainly in informal or jocular British English rather than everyday American speech.
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