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fustigate
fus·ti·gate F0375400 (fŭs′tĭ-gāt′)tr.v. fus·ti·gat·ed, fus·ti·gat·ing, fus·ti·gates 1. To beat with a club; cudgel.2. To criticize harshly: "Joe McCarthy .... fustigated Robert La Follette Jr., the incumbent whom he whipped in the GOP primary, as an isolationist" (Bill Kauffman). [Late Latin fūstigāre, fūstigāt- : Latin fūstis, club; see fusty + Latin agere, to do; see ag- in Indo-European roots.] fus′ti·ga′tion n.fustigate (ˈfʌstɪˌɡeɪt) vb (tr) archaic to beat; cudgel[C17: from Late Latin fūstīgāre to cudgel to death, from Latin fūstis cudgel] ˌfustiˈgation n ˈfustiˌgator n ˈfustiˌgatory adjfus•ti•gate (ˈfʌs tɪˌgeɪt) v.t. -gat•ed, -gat•ing. 1. to cudgel; beat. 2. to criticize harshly; castigate. [1650–60; < Late Latin fūstīgātus, past participle of fūstigāre to cudgel, derivative of Latin fūstis cudgel] fus`ti•ga′tion, n. fustigate Past participle: fustigated Gerund: fustigating
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fustigate | fustigate |
Present |
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I fustigate | you fustigate | he/she/it fustigates | we fustigate | you fustigate | they fustigate |
Preterite |
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I fustigated | you fustigated | he/she/it fustigated | we fustigated | you fustigated | they fustigated |
Present Continuous |
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I am fustigating | you are fustigating | he/she/it is fustigating | we are fustigating | you are fustigating | they are fustigating |
Present Perfect |
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I have fustigated | you have fustigated | he/she/it has fustigated | we have fustigated | you have fustigated | they have fustigated |
Past Continuous |
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I was fustigating | you were fustigating | he/she/it was fustigating | we were fustigating | you were fustigating | they were fustigating |
Past Perfect |
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I had fustigated | you had fustigated | he/she/it had fustigated | we had fustigated | you had fustigated | they had fustigated |
Future |
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I will fustigate | you will fustigate | he/she/it will fustigate | we will fustigate | you will fustigate | they will fustigate |
Future Perfect |
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I will have fustigated | you will have fustigated | he/she/it will have fustigated | we will have fustigated | you will have fustigated | they will have fustigated |
Future Continuous |
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I will be fustigating | you will be fustigating | he/she/it will be fustigating | we will be fustigating | you will be fustigating | they will be fustigating |
Present Perfect Continuous |
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I have been fustigating | you have been fustigating | he/she/it has been fustigating | we have been fustigating | you have been fustigating | they have been fustigating |
Future Perfect Continuous |
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I will have been fustigating | you will have been fustigating | he/she/it will have been fustigating | we will have been fustigating | you will have been fustigating | they will have been fustigating |
Past Perfect Continuous |
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I had been fustigating | you had been fustigating | he/she/it had been fustigating | we had been fustigating | you had been fustigating | they had been fustigating |
Conditional |
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I would fustigate | you would fustigate | he/she/it would fustigate | we would fustigate | you would fustigate | they would fustigate |
Past Conditional |
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I would have fustigated | you would have fustigated | he/she/it would have fustigated | we would have fustigated | you would have fustigated | they would have fustigated | ThesaurusVerb | 1. | fustigate - strike with a cudgelcudgelhit - deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument; "He hit her hard in the face" |
fustigate
Synonyms for fustigateverb strike with a cudgelSynonymsRelated Words |