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

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  1. v. t. To make clear or pure by means of a propitiatory offering; to purify.
  2. v. purify by means of a ritual; also used in post-Communist countries to refer to the political cleansing of former officials
  3. To make clear or pure by means of a propitiatory offering; to purify. We must purge, and cleanse, and lustrate the whole city. Hammond.
  4. To make clear or pure by means of a propitiatory offering; topurify.We must purge, and cleanse, and lustrate the whole city. Hammond.
  5. v. purify by means of a ritual; also used in post-Communist countries to refer to the political cleansing of former officials