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drawn and quartered

drawn and quartered is the past participle of draw and quarter.

Meaning of draw and quarter

Verb

draw and quarter (third-person singular simple present draws and quarters, present participle drawing and quartering, simple past drew and quartered, past participle drawn and quartered)

  1. (historical, transitive) To execute (someone) by castration, disembowelling, beheading and quartering.
  2. (figuratively, transitive) To severely punish or criticize someone.

Questions about drawn and quartered

What is drawn and quartered the past participle of?
Drawn and quartered is the past participle of draw and quarter.

Words near drawn and quartered in the dictionary

  1. drawn a sober breath
  2. drawn a sponge over the slate
  3. drawn a straight furrow
  4. drawn a veil over
  5. drawn ahead
  6. drawn and quartered
  7. drawn attention
  8. drawn away
  9. drawn back
  10. drawn blood
  11. drawn breath

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Adapted from Wiktionary: drawn and quartered (page history and authors); draw and quarter (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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