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lustrate

Verb (transitive)

lus=trate

WORDNET DICTIONARY

lustrate(v = verb.change) Array - purify by means of a ritual; also used in post-Communist countries to refer to the political cleansing of former officials; Array

Derived form noun lustrum₂

Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody

lustrate, v. t. [L. lustratus, p. p. of lustrare to lustrate, fr. lustrum. See Lustrum.].

To make clear or pure by means of a propitiatory offering; to purify. [1913 Webster]

"We must purge, and cleanse, and lustrate the whole city." [1913 Webster]

lustrate, v.tr. purify by expiatory sacrifice, ceremonial washing, or other such rite.

Derivative

lustration n.

Etymology

L lustrare (as LUSTRUM)

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