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LUSTRATE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does lustrate mean?
• LUSTRATE (verb)
The verb LUSTRATE has 1 sense:
1. purify by means of a ritual; also used in post-Communist countries to refer to the political cleansing of former officials
Familiarity information: LUSTRATE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Purify by means of a ritual; also used in post-Communist countries to refer to the political cleansing of former officials
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "lustrate" is one way to...):
purge; purify; sanctify (make pure or free from sin or guilt)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Derivation:
lustrum (a ceremonial purification of the Roman population every five years following the census)
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