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lapidate

lap·i·date
L l

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [lap-i-deyt]
    • /ˈlæp ɪˌdeɪt/
    • /ˈlæ.pɪ.deɪt/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [lap-i-deyt]
    • /ˈlæp ɪˌdeɪt/

Definitions of lapidate word

  • verb with object lapidate to pelt with stones. 1
  • verb with object lapidate to stone to death. 1
  • noun lapidate (transitive, legal) to throw stones or other objects at, sometimes to death, as punishment. 1
  • verb lapidate to pelt with stones 0
  • verb lapidate to kill by stoning 0
  • verb transitive lapidate to throw stones at 0

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Origin of lapidate

First appearance:

before 1615
One of the 41% oldest English words
1615-25; < Latin lapidātus past participle of lapidāre to stone. See lapidary, -ate1

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Parts of speech for Lapidate

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

lapidate popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 48% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

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Synonyms for lapidate

verb lapidate

  • bombard — If you bombard someone with something, you make them face a great deal of it. For example, if you bombard them with questions or criticism, you keep asking them a lot of questions or you keep criticizing them.
  • pummel — to beat or thrash with or as if with the fists.
  • shower — a person or thing that shows.
  • batter — If someone is battered, they are regularly hit and badly hurt by a member of their family or by their partner.
  • hurl — to throw or fling with great force or vigor.

Antonyms for lapidate

verb lapidate

  • slow — moving or proceeding with little or less than usual speed or velocity: a slow train.
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  • lose — to come to be without (something in one's possession or care), through accident, theft, etc., so that there is little or no prospect of recovery: I'm sure I've merely misplaced my hat, not lost it.
  • dissuade — to deter by advice or persuasion; persuade not to do something (often followed by from): She dissuaded him from leaving home.
  • repress — to keep under control, check, or suppress (desires, feelings, actions, tears, etc.).

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