It is a tropical pleasaunce washed by a noble river.
E. M. Forster, A Passage to India
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Merriam-Webster
— to cleanse by or as if by the action of liquid (such as water)
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Macmillan
— to clean something, usually with soap and water
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Collins
— If you wash something, you clean it using water and usually a substance such as soap or detergent.
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3 uses of ‘washed’ in A Passage to India, by E. M. Forster