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fustigate

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fus⋅ti⋅gate

  [fuhs-ti-geyt]
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–verb (used with object), -gat⋅ed, -gat⋅ing.
1. to cudgel; beat; punish severely.
2. to criticize harshly; castigate: a new satire that fustigates bureaucratic shilly-shallying.
Origin:
1650–60; < LL fūstīgātus, ptp. of fūstigāre to cudgel, deriv. of L fūstis cudgel; for formation, see fumigate

Related forms:
fus⋅ti⋅ga⋅tion, noun
fus⋅ti⋅ga⋅tor, noun
fus⋅ti⋅ga⋅to⋅ry  [fuhs-ti-guh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] , adjective
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fus·ti·gate   (fŭs'tĭ-gāt')   
tr.v.   fus·ti·gat·ed, fus·ti·gat·ing, fus·ti·gates

  1. To beat with a club; cudgel.

  2. To criticize harshly: "We followed [Ibsen] as he fustigates himself and us" (Patrice Chereau).


[Late Latin fūstigāre, fūstigāt- : Latin fūstis, club + Latin agere, to do; see ag- in Indo-European roots.]
fus'ti·ga'tion n.
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