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expiate
(encz) | expiate,odčinit v: Zdeněk Brož |
Expiate
(gcide) | Expiate \Ex"pi*ate\, a. [L. expiatus,p. p]
Terminated. [Obs.] --Shak.
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Expiate
(gcide) | Expiate \Ex"pi*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Expiated; p. pr. &
vb. n. Expiating.] [L. expiatus, p. p. of expiare to
expiate; ex out + piare to seek to appease, to purify with
sacred rites, fr. pius pious. See Pious.]
1. To extinguish the guilt of by sufferance of penalty or
some equivalent; to make complete satisfaction for; to
atone for; to make amends for; to make expiation for; as,
to expiate a crime, a guilt, or sin.
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To expiate his treason, hath naught left. --Milton.
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The Treasurer obliged himself to expiate the injury.
--Clarendon.
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2. To purify with sacred rites. [Obs.]
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Neither let there be found among you any one that
shall expiate his son or daughter, making them to
pass through the fire. --Deut. xviii.
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expiate
(wn) | expiate
v 1: make amends for; "expiate one's sins" [syn: expiate,
aby, abye, atone] |
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expiate
(encz) | expiate,odčinit v: Zdeněk Brož |
Expiated
(gcide) | Expiate \Ex"pi*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Expiated; p. pr. &
vb. n. Expiating.] [L. expiatus, p. p. of expiare to
expiate; ex out + piare to seek to appease, to purify with
sacred rites, fr. pius pious. See Pious.]
1. To extinguish the guilt of by sufferance of penalty or
some equivalent; to make complete satisfaction for; to
atone for; to make amends for; to make expiation for; as,
to expiate a crime, a guilt, or sin.
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To expiate his treason, hath naught left. --Milton.
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The Treasurer obliged himself to expiate the injury.
--Clarendon.
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2. To purify with sacred rites. [Obs.]
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Neither let there be found among you any one that
shall expiate his son or daughter, making them to
pass through the fire. --Deut. xviii.
10 (Douay
version)
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Inexpiate
(gcide) | Inexpiate \In*ex"pi*ate\, a. [L. inexpiatus. See In- not, and
Expiate.]
Not appeased or placated. [Obs.]
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To rest inexpiate were much too rude a part. --Chapman.
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expiate
(wn) | expiate
v 1: make amends for; "expiate one's sins" [syn: expiate,
aby, abye, atone] |
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