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Lustrate Moderate

Origin: Latin suffix -ate

Lustrate has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Verb
1

purify by means of a ritual; also used in post-Communist countries to refer to the political cleansing of former officials

2

To make clear or pure by means of a propitiatory offering; to purify.

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
purify
Rhyming Words
ate bate late gate kate date wate cate rate nate oate sate tate jate hate mate fate yate agate skate
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