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Vapulate

//ˈvæp.jə.leɪt// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To flog or whip; to beat or strike. obsolete, transitive
  2. 2
    To be flogged, beaten etc. intransitive, obsolete

    "In the preface to his Longinus, I can show you blunders for which a boy ought to vapulate."

Etymology

From Latin vāpulō.

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