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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
| Imperative |
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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 |
Thesaurus| Verb | 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 |