Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of beating or whipping; a flogging.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete The act of beating or whipping.
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- noun obsolete The act of
beating orwhipping .
Etymologies
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Latin vapulare to be flogged.
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pavonine commented on the word vapulation
the act of beating or flogging
November 23, 2007