1. (v. t.) To make complete satisfaction for; to atone for; to make amends for; to extinguish the guilt of by sufferance of penalty or some equivalent; to make expiation for; as, to expiate a crime, a guilt, or sin.
2. (v. t.) To purify with sacred rites.
3. (a.) Terminated.
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