Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- v. To purify by means of ceremony.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- To make clear or pure; purify by or as if by the ceremony of lustration. See lustrum.
- To go about; wander.
- To luster.
Wiktionary
- v. To make clear or pure by means of a propitiatory offering; to purify.
GNU Webster's 1913
- v. To make clear or pure by means of a propitiatory offering; to purify.
WordNet 3.0
- v. purify by means of a ritual; also used in post-Communist countries to refer to the political cleansing of former officials
Etymologies
- Latin lustratus, past participle of lustrare to lustrate, from lustrum. See lustrum. (Wiktionary)
- Latin lūstrāre, lūstrāt-, to purify, make bright; see luster. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Four second-century systems serve to il - lustrate common themes and variations on the themes.”
“In like manner the evil-eye curers, who still operate in isolated districts in these islands, draw water from under bridges "over which the dead and the living pass", [271] and mutter charms and lustrate victims.”
“The examples below il - the example: a basket design equivalent to the Yurok lustrate the devices used to structure entries. "foot" design.”
“The action plan must be time-phased and clearly il - lustrate the material handling systems, storage systems, production and pack - aging systems, and material control systems for the recommended Master Plan.”
“The research team also provides many examples to il - lustrate a particular point or practice.”
“There are four particulars which at this time we propose to il* lustrate, and to guard you against such abuse of them as there may be reason to apprehend.”
Internet Archive: Sermons on Prevalent Errors, and Vices and on Various Other Topics
“The Athenians being afflicted with pestilence invited Epimenides to lustrate their city.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘lustrate’.
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Interesting words
A list of words that are odd or words that I have looked up.
concupiscence, brize, scree, scoria, forestaff, spanaemia, valetudinarianism, distasture, pyrethrum, laudanum, gentian, bicameral and 11184 more...
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EN-HU - important words for a HU inte...
Words only (I left out the expressions) from Geza Kerenyi's EN-HU interpreters' dictionary. Most of them pose some difficulty when interpreted between HU and EN in either or both directions.
abalone, abrasive, abstractionist, abstruse, abysmal, academia, accessibility, accessible, acclimate, accolade, accompanist, achiever and 1469 more...
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phrontistery - l
from phrontistery.info
labarum, labefactation, labeorphily, labile, lability, labret, lac, laches, lacis, laic, lam?, lar and 496 more...
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learning
A list of words whose meanings I am learning, either because a) I don't know the meaning b) I know the meaning, but could stand to better appreciate certain inflections or secondary meanings or c) ...
louche, educe, loam, cob, sclerotic, palliate, axial, syndicalist, ecumenical, sally, fatuous, parvenu and 1381 more...
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kawy's list
subtrist, tricoteuse, undisonant, apricity, apricity, nudiustertian, snaste, chrestomath, chrestomath, velleity, zugzwang, muntin and 106 more...
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new acquisitions
found in the wild (i.e., not on Wordie!)
samara, indehiscent, paschal, rogation, wen, rete, diriment, epicene, duramen, euhemerism, objurgate, canaille and 429 more...
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Other
brouhaha, pulchritude, laudanum, orotund, leviathan, inimical, ephemeral, quiescence, exhort, nemoral, inculcate, cacotopia and 125 more...
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Out of Gormenghast
Words from Mervyn Peake's books.
recrudescent, propinquital, circumfusion, roisterer, calid, poissonnier, rôtier, légumier, saucier, cretinous, palliative, spindrift and 48 more...
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nifty book words
anthroparian words I'm still wondering about
anthroparian, buhl, caducity, dehisce, ex-voto, fylfot, gammon, hidalgo, irenist, jumby, kraken, lustrate and 21 more...
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Sacred & Superstitious Philosophical ...
Religious, philosophical, supernatural terms and words.
san graal, occult, sangraal, deicide, deipotent, demonarchy, demonosopher, deodate, peri, rewilding, tzitzimime, metapsychic and 31 more...
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one
for the ones that roll off the tongue and reverberate in my mind
gazette, meridem, ante, mustard, fabricate, china, ceramic, kitties, strapper, droog, horrorshow, milk and 88 more...
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perhapsolutely's Words
polyradiculoneuro..., abulia, abubble, abscission, abaft, zareba, abatis, abigail, abiogenesis, ablate, ablaut, abo and 1705 more...
Tweets
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bilby Now here's a pretty term for purge. Sep 23, 2008