| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. Of Expiate.[Websters]. | |
| Verb Past Tense | 1. Past tense conjugation of the verb expiate.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (expiate) | 1. Make amends for; "expiate one's sins".[Wordnet]. 2. 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.[Websters]. 3. To purify with sacred rites.[Websters]. 4. Base verb from the following inflections: expiating, expiated, expiates, expiator, expiators, expiatingly and expiatedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "EXPIATED" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1657. (references) |
Specialty Definition: EXPIATED
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Verb] Atoned for; done away by satisfaction offered and accepted.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | [Verb] Simple past tense and past participle of expiate. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||
