lapidate

[lap-i-deyt]

verb (used with object)

lapidated, lapidating 

1. to pelt with stones.

2. to stone to death.

lapidate

/ ˈlæpɪˌdeɪt /

verb

1. to pelt with stones

2. to kill by stoning

Other Word Forms

• lapidation noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of lapidate¹

First recorded in 1615–25; from Latin lapidātus, past participle of lapidāre “to stone”; lapidary, -ate ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of lapidate¹

C17: from Latin lapidāre, from lapis stone

Example Sentences

“If these people continue to be allowed to lapidate the streets of Leimert Park with vacancies, we’ll never get over that hump.”

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Misters, like the frog that was being lapidated by thoughtless juveniles, I reply:—"for you it may be facetious; but to myself it is a devilishly serious affair!"

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Most Moslems believe that Abraham threw the stone at the “Rajim,”—the lapidated one; but there are various traditions upon the subject.

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