Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To beat; strike.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb obsolete To beat; to strike.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb obsolete, transitive To beat; to strike.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Here at our establishment, though, we do have a great big uproarious gang of servants, and knick-knackery and jewellery and clothes and silver plate lying about. ibi si perierit quippiam -- quod te scio facile abstinere posse, si nihil obviam est -- dicant: coqui abstulerunt, comprehendite, vincite, verberate, in puteum condite. horum tibi istic nihil eveniet: quippe qui ubi quid subripias nihil est. sequere hac me.
Amphitryo, Asinaria, Aulularia, Bacchides, Captivi Amphitryon, The Comedy of Asses, The Pot of Gold, The Two Bacchises, The Captives Titus Maccius Plautus 1919
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Lines 1-6 here attack friars generally, while lines 7-10 verberate the Carmelite Friars of Ely particularly.
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