expiate
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Expiate \Ex"pi*ate\, a. [L. expiatus,p. p] Terminated. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Expiate \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. [1913 Webster]
To expiate his treason, hath naught left.— Milton.[1913 Webster]
The Treasurer obliged himself to expiate the injury.— Clarendon.[1913 Webster]
2.To purify with sacred rites. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
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)[1913 Webster]