lustrate

== English == === 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. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈlʌstɹeɪt/ === Verb === lustrate (third-person singular simple present lustrates, present participle lustrating, simple past and past participle lustrated) (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. c. 1650, Henry Hammond, Miscellaneous Theological Works..., Vol. 3, Sermon 23, p. 503 (1850 ed.): We must purge, and cleanse, and lustrate the whole city. (ambitransitive, with 'through') Synonym of pass through, traverse. (transitive, obsolete) Synonym of look, look over, survey. (transitive, obsolete) Synonym of luster, to impart luster to, to make lustrous. ==== Derived terms ==== === References === “lustrate, v.¹.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2022. “† lustrate, v.².”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2021. === Anagrams === tutelars == Italian == === Etymology 1 === ==== Verb ==== lustrate inflection of lustrare: second-person plural present indicative second-person plural imperative === Etymology 2 === ==== Participle ==== lustrate f pl feminine plural of lustrato == Latin == === Participle === lūstrāte vocative masculine singular of lūstrātus == Spanish == === Verb === lustrate second-person singular voseo imperative of lustrar combined with te