lustrate (v)

v00476538

type v
lex_filenum 30
def purify by means of a ritual
def also used in post-Communist countries to refer to the political cleansing of former officials
Frame - 9 Somebody ----s somebody
Outgoing links
Hypernym purify, purge, sanctify
Derivationally related form lustrate → lustrum
Incoming links
Derivationally related form lustrum → lustrate
Hyponym purify, purge, sanctify

Back to the index

Click for the XML entry