lustrate

Meaning

1. (transitive) 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.
2. (ambitransitive) Synonym of pass through, traverse.
3. (obsolete, transitive) Synonym of look, look over, survey.
4. (obsolete, transitive) Synonym of luster, to impart luster to, to make lustrous.

Synonyms

purge

be puristic

clean

cleanse

clear

distill

fettle

groom

purify

bowdlerize

refine

sanitize

scavenge

sublimate

unblock

wash

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dress out

make pure

deterge

rectify

chasten

Translations

εξαγνίζω

καθαρίζω

purificar

törenle arıtmak

yıkayıp arıtmak

reinigen

καθαιρώ

Etymology

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.