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verb
Synonym of purify, to ritually cleanse or renew, particularly to do so with a propitiatory offering or (historical) the lustration, quinquennial ritual of the Roman censor to cleanse the city after a census.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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Synonyms: purify, to ritually cleanse or renew, particularly to do so with a propitiatory offering or
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Synonym of pass through, traverse.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: ambitransitive
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Synonyms: pass through, traverse
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Synonym of look, look over, survey.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, transitive
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Synonyms: look, look over, survey
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Synonym of luster, to impart luster to, to make lustrous.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, transitive
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Synonyms: luster, to impart luster to, to make lustrous
Antonyms: none provided
verb
purify by means of a ritual; also used in post-Communist countries to refer to the political cleansing of former officials
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: purify, purge, sanctify
History
From Latin lustrātus (“lustrated”), perfect passive participle of lustrō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from lustrum (“ritual purification”) + -ō (first conjugation verb-forming suffix), q.v. In reference to imparting luster, further via senses of Middle French lustre, from Old Italian lustro.
