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expiate

v. கழுவாய் செய், பரிகரி, ஈடுபண்ணு.


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Ex"pi*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Expiated();p. pr. & vb. n. Expiating().] Etym: [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. 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) Ex"pi*ate, a. Etym: [L. expiatus,p.p] Defn: Terminated. [Obs.] Shak.


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