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Gallia est omnis dīvīsa in partēs trēs, quārum ūnam incolunt Belgae.

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Contents (2 entries · 5 senses)
S&H Smith & Hall (1)
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Digitized by Distributed Proofreaders from William Smith and Theophilus D. Hall, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Dictionary (1871), and generously placed into the public domain.
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• justify:
    1. I. To free from blame:
      1. 1. purgo, 1: in order to j. themselves, sui purgandi causa, Caes. B. G. 6, 9 (but the notion differs slightly from that of the Eng.: purgo is to remove suspicion of actual wrong, rather than to maintain the propriety of conduct that has been impugned): Cic.
      2. 2. apprŏbo, 1 (to make out to be good): cf. Tac. A. 15, 59, med., posteris mortem approbare: also id. Agr. 42, in approbanda excusatione.
      3. 3. excūso, 1: v. to excuse.
    2. II. As theol. t. t.: justĭfĭco, 1: Vulg.: Tert. Corp. Confess.
R&A Riddle & Arnold (1)
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J. E. Riddle and T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Lexicon. Data retrieved from FergusJPWalsh/riddle-arnold under a CC BY-SA 4.0 license.
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• JUSTIFY
  • To clear from blame, excuse, purgare aliquem or aliquid: excusare aliquem or aliquid [SYN. in To EXCUSE]; aliquem culpā liberare: ab aliquo culpam demovere. To justify anybody in any matter, aliquem purgare de re (in Liv., 27, 28, alicujus rei): culpam alicujus rei demovere ab aliquo: aliquem defendere de aliqua re. To justify himself, se purgare or excusare; to anybody, se purgare alicui (Caes., B.G., 1, 28); to anybody’s satisfaction, satisfacere alicui: for the purpose of justifying themselves, sui purgandi causa.
  • To think one’s self justified in doing so and so, putare aliquid sibi licere, etc.
  • To pronounce just, justum declarare aliquem (☞ but justificare as technical term, to avoid ambiguity).