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lapidated

lapidated is the simple past and past participle of lapidate.

Meaning of lapidate

Verb

lapidate (third-person singular simple present lapidates, present participle lapidating, simple past and past participle lapidated)

  1. (transitive) To throw stones or other objects at, as punishment, sometimes until death.
    • the host (in tailcoat, grey cravat, purple vest) is lapidated by his wife while he loudly cries: "Maggie—please save a cup fer coffee in the morning."1932 February 1, “Jiggs & Maggie”, in Time Magazine
    Synonyms:
    stone
  2. (figuratively, transitive) To hurl insults at.
    • The hour-long (and far too slow-paced) show: Malice in Wonderland, by lampooning, lapidating S. J. Perelman, veteran of movie-writing stints1959 January 26, “Top of the Week”, in Time Magazine

Questions about lapidated

What is lapidated the simple past and past participle of?
Lapidated is the simple past and past participle of lapidate.

Words near lapidated in the dictionary

  1. lapidary's mill
  2. lapidary's mills
  3. lapidary's wheel
  4. lapidary's wheels
  5. lapidate
  6. lapidated
  7. lapidates
  8. lapidating
  9. lapidation
  10. lapidations
  11. lapidator

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Adapted from Wiktionary: lapidated (page history and authors); lapidate (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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