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[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
expiate \ex"piate\, 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
see also:
expiated expiating pious 

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