- expiate
[expiate 词源字典]
- expiate: see pious
[expiate etymology, expiate origin, 英语词源] - expiate (v.)
- c. 1600 (OED 2nd ed. print entry has a typographical error in the earliest date), from Latin expiatus, past participle of expiare "to make amends, atone for" (see expiation). Related: Expiable (1560s); expiated; expiating.