FUSTIGATE

cudgel, fustigate

(verb) strike with a cudgel

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

fustigate (third-person singular simple present fustigates, present participle fustigating, simple past and past participle fustigated)

(transitive) To hit someone with a club.

(figuratively) To harshly criticize someone.

Synonyms

• (hit someone with a club): flay, thrash, birch

• (harshly criticize someone): castigate, denounce, flay

Source: Wiktionary


Fus"ti*gate, v. t. Etym: [L. fustigare, fr. fustis stick. See 1st Fust.]

Definition: To cudgel. [R.] Bailey.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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