EXPIATE
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Ex"pi*ate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Expiated(?); p. pr. & vb. n. Expiating(?).] [L. expiatus, p. p. of expiare to expiate; ex out + piare to seek to appease, to purify with sacred rites, fr. pius pious. See Pious.] 1. To extinguish the guilt of by sufferance of penalty or some equivalent; to make complete satisfaction for; to atone for; to make amends for; to make expiation for; as, to expiate a crime, a guilt, or sin.
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To expiate his treason, hath naught left.
Milton.
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The Treasurer obliged himself to expiate the injury.
Clarendon.
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2. To purify with sacred rites. [Obs.]
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Neither let there be found among you any one that shall expiate his son or daughter, making them to pass through the fire.
Deut. xviii. 10 (Douay version)
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Ex"pi*ate (?), a. [L. expiatus,p. p] Terminated. [Obs.] Shak.
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