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Lapidate Moderate

Origin: Latin suffix -ate

Lapidate has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Verb
1

kill by throwing stones at

"People wanted to stone the woman who had a child out of wedlock"

2

throw stones at

"Pilgrims lapidate a stone pillar in commemoration of Abraham's temptation"

3

To throw stones or other objects at, as punishment, sometimes until death.

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
kill pelt
Rhyming Words
ate bate late gate kate date wate cate rate nate oate sate tate jate hate mate fate yate agate skate
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