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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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