flagellativeadj.
/ˈfladʒəleɪtɪv/ rare.
= flagellatory adj.
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flagellative1836
flagellatory1838
vapulary1864
vapulatory1886
1836 E. Howard Rattlin ix He attended to no department of the school but the flagellative.
1903 Daily Chron. 19 Feb. 3/5 All the officers actively concerned in inflicting the late illegal flagellative punishments..should be promptly dealt with.
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adj.1836- to have, bear, carry, strike the stroke
- to have, etc, in stitches
- to have, etc, someone in stitches
- to have, get a cob on
- to have, get an inkling
- to have, get an inkling of something
- to have, hold, make, take strife
- to have, in warison
- to have, keep, make, smite, strike, battle
- to have, know, see, etc no better wone
- to have, know, see, etc no other wone
- to have, make, take a person sworn
- to have, make, take sworn
- to have, or hold in veneration
- to have, receive, take a foil
- to have, receive, take a one's foil
- to have, receive, take a the foil
- to have, repulse
- to have, take a fancy for, to
- to have, take an end
- to have, take felicity in or to
- to have, take in charge
- to have, take the steer
- to have, take the steer of a country
- to have, take the steer of a etc