fustigate

== English == === Etymology === First attested in 1656; borrowed from Latin fūstīgātus, perfect passive participle of fūstīgō (“to cudgel to death”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from fūstis (“a cudgel”) + -igō. === Verb === fustigate (third-person singular simple present fustigates, present participle fustigating, simple past and past participle fustigated) (transitive) To hit someone with a club. Synonyms: cudgel, thrash, birch (figuratively) To harshly criticize someone. Synonyms: castigate, denounce, berate ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== Further reading ==== “fustigate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “fustigate”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “fustigate”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. == Italian == === Etymology 1 === ==== Verb ==== fustigate inflection of fustigare: second-person plural present indicative second-person plural imperative === Etymology 2 === ==== Participle ==== fustigate f pl feminine plural of fustigato == Latin == === Verb === fūstīgāte second-person plural present active imperative of fūstīgō == Spanish == === Verb === fustigate second-person singular voseo imperative of fustigar combined with te