lustrate

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  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. transitive
    — We must purge, and cleanse, and lustrate the whole city.
  2. Synonym of pass through, traverse. ambitransitive
  3. Synonym of look, look over, survey. obsolete,transitive
  4. Synonym of luster, to impart luster to, to make lustrous. obsolete,transitive

词形变化

lustrates present,singular,third-person lustrating participle,present lustrated participle,past lustrated past

词汇关系

衍生词
lustrable

词源

From Latin lustrātus (“lustrated”), perfect passive participle of lustrō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from lustrum (“ritual purification”) + -ō (first conjugation verb-forming suffix), q.v. In reference to imparting luster, further via senses of Middle French lustre, from Old Italian lustro.
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