expiate

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   To atone or make reparation for.

   • The Treasurer obliged himself to expiate the injury.
   • At laſt, he diſtinctly pronounced theſe three words, LET THIS EXPIATE! And then, his head ſinking on his pillow, he expired; […]
   • Thus those pious souls who expiate the remainder of their sins amidst such tortures will receive a special and opportune consolation, […]
2. 2

   To make amends or pay the penalty for.

   • He had only to live and expiate in solitude the crimes which he had committed.
3. 3

   To relieve or cleanse of guilt.

   • […] and Epimenides was brought from Crete to expiate the city.
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   1. 4

      To purify with sacred rites.

      • Neither let there be found in thee any that shal expiate his ſonne, or daughter, making them to paſſe through the fyre: or that demandeth of ſouthſayers, and obſerueth dreames and diuinations, neither let there be a ſorcerer,
   2. 5

      To wind up, bring to an end.

      • But when in thee times forrwes I behould, / Then look I death my daies ſhould expiate.

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