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vapulate
vapulate
English
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.
Quotations
- 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
- OED 2nd edition 1989