LUSTRATE

lustrate

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

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

lustrate (third-person singular simple present lustrates, present participle lustrating, simple past and past participle lustrated)

To make clear or pure by means of a propitiatory offering; to purify.

Anagrams

• tutelars

Source: Wiktionary


Lus"trate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lustrated; p. pr. & vb. n. Lustrating.] Etym: [L. lustratus, p. p. of lustrare to lustrate, fr. lustrum. See Lustrum.]

Definition: To make clear or pure by means of a propitiatory offering; to purify. We must purge, and cleanse, and lustrate the whole city. Hammond.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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BACKFIRE

(verb) come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect; “Your comments may backfire and cause you a lot of trouble”; “the political movie backlashed on the Democrats”


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