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lapidate

1

[ lap-i-deyt ]

verb (used with object)

lapidated, lapidating.
  1. to pelt with stones.
  2. to stone to death.


lapidate

2

[ lap-i-deyt ]

verb (used with object)

lapidated, lapidating.
  1. to pelt with stones.
  2. to stone to death.

lapidate

/ ˈæɪˌɪ /

verb

  1. to pelt with stones
  2. to kill by stoning
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˌ辱ˈ岹پDz, noun
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  • ··岹·پDz [lap-i-, dey, -sh, uh, n], noun
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of lapidate1

First recorded in 1615–25; from Latin 辱ٳܲ, past participle of “to stone”; lapidary, -ate 1

Origin of lapidate2

First recorded in 1615–25; from Latin 辱ٳܲ, past participle of “to stone”; lapidary, -ate 1
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of lapidate1

C17: from Latin 辱, from lapis stone
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Example Sentences

“If these people continue to be allowed to lapidate the streets of Leimert Park with vacancies, we’ll never get over that hump.”

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Misters, like the frog that was being lapidated by thoughtless juveniles, I reply:—"for you it may be facetious; but to myself it is a devilishly serious affair!"

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Most Moslems believe that Abraham threw the stone at the “Rajim,”—the lapidated one; but there are various traditions upon the subject.

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