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lustrate

lus·trate
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [luhs-treyt]
    • /ˈlʌs treɪt/
    • /lˈʌstreɪt/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [luhs-treyt]
    • /ˈlʌs treɪt/

Definitions of lustrate word

  • verb with object lustrate to purify by a propitiatory offering or other ceremonial method. 1
  • noun lustrate Purify by expiatory sacrifice, ceremonial washing, or some other ritual action. 1
  • verb lustrate to purify by means of religious rituals or ceremonies 0
  • verb transitive lustrate to purify by means of certain ceremonies 0
  • verb lustrate To make clear or pure by means of a propitiatory offering; to purify. 0
See all 5 definitions of lustrate

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Origin of lustrate

First appearance:

before 1615
One of the 41% oldest English words
1615-25; < Latin lūstrātus, past participle of lūstrāre to purify, illumine. See luster1, -ate1

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Parts of speech for Lustrate

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Lustrate

lustrate popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 63% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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Synonyms for lustrate

verb lustrate

  • atone — If you atone for something that you have done, you do something to show that you are sorry you did it.
  • wash — to apply water or some other liquid to (something or someone) for the purpose of cleansing; cleanse by dipping, rubbing, or scrubbing in water or some other liquid.
  • fumigate — to expose to smoke or fumes, as in disinfecting or exterminating roaches, ants, etc.
  • filter — any substance, as cloth, paper, porous porcelain, or a layer of charcoal or sand, through which liquid or gas is passed to remove suspended impurities or to recover solids.
  • decontaminate — To decontaminate something means to remove all germs or dangerous substances from it.
All 36 Synonyms of lustrate

Antonyms for lustrate

verb lustrate

  • dirty — soiled with dirt; foul; unclean: dirty laundry.
  • pollute — to make foul or unclean, especially with harmful chemical or waste products; dirty: to pollute the air with smoke.
  • blame — If you blame a person or thing for something bad, you believe or say that they are responsible for it or that they caused it.
  • condemn — If you condemn something, you say that it is very bad and unacceptable.
  • sentence — Grammar. a grammatical unit of one or more words that expresses an independent statement, question, request, command, exclamation, etc., and that typically has a subject as well as a predicate, as in John is here. or Is John here? In print or writing, a sentence typically begins with a capital letter and ends with appropriate punctuation; in speech it displays recognizable, communicative intonation patterns and is often marked by preceding and following pauses.
All 12 Antonyms of lustrate

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