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lustrate |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Lustrate \Lus"trate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Lustrated}; p. pr & vb n. {Lustrating}.] [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. We must purge, and cleanse, and lustrate the whole city. --Hammond. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: lustrate v : purify by means of a ritual; also used in post-Communist countries to refer to the political cleansing of former officials
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