| 释义 |
lapidate, v.|ˈlæpɪdeɪt|
[f. L. lapidāt-, ppl. stem of lapidāre, in same sense, f. lapid-, lapis a stone. Cf. F. lapider.]
trans. To throw stones at, to pelt with stones; also, to stone to death.
1623in Cockeram. 1816Byron To Moore 24 Dec., Whom the..mob quartered and lapidated. 1824Scott St. Ronan's xxxi, We were lapidated by the natives, pebbled to some purpose, I give you my word. 1837Fraser's Mag. XVI. 666 They may go on lapidating him..with paving-stones. 1876G. Meredith Beauch. Career II. x. 185 It is better they be roused to lapidate us than soused in their sty. |
