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lustrate
/ˈlʌstɹeɪt/
verb 4
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3ADJ.
whole
VERB + LUSTRATE
cleanse, wish
LUSTRATE + NOUN
afresh, city
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verb
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.
We must purge, and cleanse, and lustrate the whole city.
"Well," said Hypatia, more and more listlessly; "it might be more prudent to show them first the fairer and more graceful side of the old Myths... I wish to lustrate them afresh for the service of the gods."
2
Synonym of pass through, traverse.
3
Synonym of look, look over, survey.
4
Synonym of luster, to impart luster to, to make lustrous.
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We must purge, and cleanse, and lustrate the whole city.
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"Well," said Hypatia, more and more listlessly; "it might be more prudent to show them first the fairer and more graceful side of the old Myths... I wish to lustrate them afresh for the service of the
Wiktionary03
Mid-zenith hangs the fascinated day In wind-lustrated hollows crystalline.
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