lustrate

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But universities, especially but not exclusively private schools, such as Stanford, have few incentives to lustrate.

From Scientific American • Aug. 1, 2023

I wish to lustrate them afresh for the service of the gods.

From Hypatia — or New Foes with an Old Face by Kingsley, Charles

With the first   And finest breath, which from the genial strife   Of mineral fermentation springs, like light   O'er the fresh morning's vapours, lustrate then   The fountain, and inform the rising wave.

From Poetical Works of Akenside by Gilfillan, George

The Athenians 117 being afflicted with pestilence invited Epimenides to lustrate their city.

From Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles by Cocker, B. F. (Benjamin Franklin)