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- [lap-i-deyt]
- /ˈlæp ɪˌdeɪt/
- /ˈlæ.pɪ.deɪt/
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- [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
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adjective
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preposition
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determiner
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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.
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms 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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