vapulate

vapulate

English

Etymology

    Borrowed from Latin vāpulō.

    Pronunciation

    • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈvæp.jʊ.leɪt/
    • (US) IPA(key): /ˈvæp.jə.leɪt/

    Verb

    vapulate (third-person singular simple present vapulates, present participle vapulating, simple past and past participle vapulated)

    1. (obsolete, transitive) To flog or whip; to beat or strike.
    2. (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

    Latin

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    vāpulāte

    1. second-person plural present active imperative of vāpulō