English Explanatory Dictionary

lustrate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. 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.
  2. Synonym of pass through, traverse.
  3. Synonym of look, look over, survey.
  4. Synonym of luster, to impart luster to, to make lustrous.

Pronunciation

/ˈlʌstɹeɪt/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-lustrate.wav

Word forms

lustrate lustrates lustrating lustrated

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.

Synonyms

purify to ritually cleanse or renew particularly to do so with a propitiatory offering or pass through traverse look look over survey luster to impart luster to to make lustrous

Derived words

lustrable
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