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expier

/ɛk.spje/ verb C2
  1. to expiate, to make amends for, atone for (transitive)
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Verb forms

Infinitive
expier
Present participle
expiant
Past participle
expié
Present (je)
expie
Future (je)
expierai
Passé composé (je)
ai expié

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J'expie un instant d'égoïsme ; aussi, c'est ce que je dis toujours à la Carconte lorsqu'elle se plaint : « Tais-toi, femme, c'est Dieu qui le veut ainsi. »
Le Comte de Monte-Cristo, p. 308 · C1

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