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vapulates

vapulates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of vapulate.

Meaning of vapulate

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

Questions about vapulates

What is vapulates the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Vapulates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of vapulate.

Words near vapulates in the dictionary

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

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