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vapulate

/ˈvæp.jʊ.leɪt/US/ˈvæp.jə.leɪt/

vapulate verb: to flog or whip; to beat or strike.

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. (intransitive, obsolete) To be flogged, beaten etc.
    • In the preface to his Longinus, I can show you blunders for which a boy ought to vapulate.1828, Samuel Parr, John Johnstone, The Works of Samuel Parr etc

Forms of vapulate

third-person singular presentvapulates
present participlevapulating
past participlevapulated
pastvapulated

Origin of vapulate

Borrowed from Latin vāpulō.

Words formed from vapulate

Questions about vapulate

What does vapulate mean?
Vapulate means to flog or whip; to beat or strike.
What part of speech is vapulate?
Vapulate is a verb.
How do you pronounce vapulate?
Vapulate is pronounced /ˈvæp.jʊ.leɪt/ (UK).
What is the past tense of vapulate?
The past tense of vapulate is vapulated.

Words near vapulate in the dictionary

  1. vapreotide
  2. vaps
  3. vaptan
  4. vaptans
  5. vapulary
  6. vapulate
  7. vapulated
  8. vapulates
  9. vapulating
  10. vapulation
  11. vapulations

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