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lapidate
Word definitions for lapidate in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Lapidate \Lap"i*date\, v. t. [L. lapidatus, p. p. of lapidare, fr. lapis stone.] To stone. [Obs.]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
vb. 1 (context transitive legal English) to throw stones or other objects at, sometimes to death, as punishment. 2 (context transitive English) To hurl insults at
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
v. kill by throwing stones at; "Adulterers should be stoned according to the Koran" [syn: stone ] throw stones at
Usage examples of lapidate.
I never had to lapidate anybody, though I deposed a few recalcitrants, and it was universally agreed I would be a clement and peaceable Shan King.
I have not yet decided her fate, but she is mine, to lapidate if I wish.
Liras will be a wonderful Shan King, you’ll see, and I hope he has you lapidated, for rudeness and spiteful remarks.
I never had to lapidate anybody, though I deposed a few recalcitrants, and it was universally agreed I would be a clement and peaceable Shan King.