vapulate

English

Etymology

From Latin vāpulō.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈvæp.jʊ.leɪt/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈvæp.jə.leɪt/

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. (obsolete, intransitive) To be flogged, beaten etc.
   • 1828, Samuel Parr, John Johnstone, The Works of Samuel Parr etc:

     In the preface to his Longinus, I can show you blunders for which a boy ought to vapulate.

References

• John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “vapulate”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /u̯aː.puˈlaː.te/, [u̯äːpʊˈɫ̪äːt̪ɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /va.puˈla.te/, [väpuˈläːt̪e]

Verb

vāpulāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of vāpulō