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.

Quotations

• 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

• OED 2nd edition 1989

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) 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