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vapulate, v. rare.|ˈvæpjʊleɪt|
[ad. L. vāpulāt-, ppl. stem of vāpulāre to be beaten. Cf. obs. F. vapuler, Sp. and Pg. vapular.]
1. trans. To beat or strike.
1603Dekker & Chettle Grissill 1315, I..with my ponyard vapulating and checking his engine, downe it cut mee a payre of very imperiall cloth of golde hose. 1623Cockeram i, Vapulate, to beat, to strike.
b. absol. To administer a flogging.
1818J. Brown Psyche 198 If they vapulate in vain.
2. intr. To suffer vapulation or flogging.
1783Parr Let. Wks. 1828 VII. 390 Blunders for which a boy ought to vapulate. |