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Pronunciation : Ex"pi*ate
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [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.]
Definition : 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. To expiate his treason, hath naught left. Milton. The Treasurer obliged himself to expiate the injury. Clarendon.

2. To purify with sacred rites. [Obs.] 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)

t. [imp. & p. p. Expiated();p. pr. & vb. n. Expiating().]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Ex"pi*ate
Part of Speech : a.
Etymology : [L. expiatus,p.p]
Definition : Defn: Terminated. [Obs.] Shak.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913