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