vapulatev.
/ˈvapjʊleɪt/ rare.
1.
a. transitive. To beat or strike.
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the world > movement > impact > striking > beating or repeated striking > beat [verb (transitive)]
abeatOE
beatc1000
dingc1300
dintc1300
bulka1400
batc1440
hampera1529
pommel1530
lump1546
pummel1548
bebatter1567
filch1567
peal-pelt1582
reverberate1599
vapulate1603
over-labour1632
polt1652
bepat1676
flog1801
quilt1822
meller1862
tund1885
massage1924
1603 T. Dekker et al. Patient Grissill sig. E4 I..with my ponyard vapulating and checking his engine downe, it cut mee a payre of very imperiall cloth of golde hose.
1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. i Vapulate, to beat, to strike.
b. absol. To administer a flogging.
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society > authority > punishment > corporal punishment > beat or flog [verb (intransitive)]
lash1398
lather1797
vapulate1818
lam1875
larrup1939
1818 J. Brown Psyche 198 If they vapulate in vain.
2. intransitive. To suffer vapulation or flogging.
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society > authority > punishment > corporal punishment > beat or flog [verb (intransitive)] > be beaten
to drink or lick (up) on the whipa1500
to lick of the whipa1500
to have it1599
vapulate1783
to eat stick1862
to get laldy1889
1783 S. Parr Let. 7 Dec. in Wks. (1828) VII. 390 Blunders for which a boy ought to vapulate.
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