vapulate
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
Verb
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.
- 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
- John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “vapulate”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [waː.pʊˈɫaː.tɛ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [va.puˈlaː.t̪e]
Verb
vāpulāte
- second-person plural present active imperative of vāpulō