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===verb transitive===

[[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[καθαίρειν]].

[[cleanse from guilt]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[καθαίρειν]], [[ἐκκαθαίρειν]], [[verse|V.]] [[ἁγνίζειν]], [[ὁσιοῦν]], [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[prose|P.]] [[διακαθαίρειν]].

[[purify with lustral water]]: [[verse|V.]] [[νίζειν]].

[[purify oneself]]: [[prose|P.]] [[καθαίρεσθαι]] (mid.), [[ἀφοσιοῦσθαι]] (mid.).

[[be purified]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἁγνεύειν]], [[verse|V.]] [[ἁγνίζεσθαι]].

we have long been purified of this ([[sin]]): [[verse|V.]] πάλαι… ταῦτ' ἀφιερώμεθα ([[Aeschylus|Aesch.]], ''[[Eumenides]]'' 451).
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