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vituperates

vituperates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of vituperate.

Meaning of vituperate

Verb

vituperate (third-person singular simple present vituperates, present participle vituperating, simple past and past participle vituperated)

  1. (formal, transitive) To criticize (someone or something) in an abusive or harsh manner.
    • They loue not porke, nor ſwynes fleſh, but doth vituperate and abhore it, yet for all this, they will eate Adders, which is a kind of Serpentes, as well as any other Chriſtyan man dwelling in Roome, and other highe countreys, for Adders fleſhe there, is called fyſhe of the mountayne, this...1576, Andrewe Boord [i.e., Andrew Boorde], “Treateth of Fleshe, of Wylde, and Tame Beastes. [Porke, Brawne, Bacon, Pygge.]”, in Here Followeth a Compendious Regiment, or Dietarie of Health. […]...
  2. (formal, transitive) To attack (someone or something) with abusive language; to revile, to vilify.
    • A bane to merit, he exerts himſelf to the deſtruction of every valuable virtue in literature, or in life: his pen is ne'er employed but in the abuſing and vituperating the innocent and meritorious; and like a voracious flie, he leaves and diſregards every accompliſhment, to fix upon the only ſore.1773, J. R., “An Essay on Envy”, in I[saac] Thompson, editor, The Literary Register: Or, Weekly Miscellany. […], volume V, Newcastle, Northumberland: […] Compilers of that news-paper, →OCLC, page...
  3. (formal, intransitive) To use abusive or harsh words.
    • Now the Brito-Celtic Church as Mr. [Henry Charles] Coote calls it, the Church which Augustine vituperated, is a fact, but I should certainly like to have some proof of the existence of the other, the "Early English Church" which Augustine ignored. And I should further like to know why he...1870 July, Edward [Augustus] Freeman, “The Alleged Permanence of Roman Civilization in England”, in David Masson, editor, Macmillan’s Magazine, volume XXII, number 129, London: Macmillan and Co. […]...

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What is vituperates the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Vituperates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of vituperate.

Words near vituperates in the dictionary

  1. Vitullo
  2. Vitullos
  3. vituperable
  4. vituperate
  5. vituperated
  6. vituperates
  7. vituperatest
  8. vituperateth
  9. vituperating
  10. vituperation
  11. vituperations

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