English
Verb
en-verb|vapulates|vapulating|vapulated|vapulated
- context|obsolete|transitive To flog or whip; to beat or strike.
- context|obsolete|intransitive To be flogged, beaten etc.
Quotations
1828 Samuel Parr, John Johnstone - The Works of Samuel Parr etc
:In the preface to his Longinus, I can show you blunders for which a boy ought to vapulate.
References
OED 2nd edition 1989
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