vapulate
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]vapulate (third-person singular simple present vapulates, present participle vapulating, simple past and past participle vapulated)
- (obsolete, transitive) To flog or whip; to beat or strike.
- (obsolete, intransitive) To be flogged, beaten etc.
Quotations
[edit]- 1828, Samuel Parr, John Johnstone, The Works of Samuel Parr etc:
- In the preface to his Longinus, I can show you blunders for which a boy ought to vapulate.
References
[edit]- OED 2nd edition 1989
Latin
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /u̯aː.puˈlaː.te/, [u̯äːpʊˈɫ̪äːt̪ɛ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /va.puˈla.te/, [väpuˈläːt̪e]
Verb
[edit]vāpulāte
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