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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.
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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.
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expiated expiating pious
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