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lustrate.

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.

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Meaning & usage

verb/ˈlʌstɹeɪt/
  1. 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.

    transitive
  2. Synonym of pass through, traverse.

    ambitransitive
  3. Synonym of look, look over, survey.

    obsolete · transitive
  4. Synonym of luster, to impart luster to, to make lustrous.

    obsolete · transitive
Where this word comes from

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.

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