lapidate

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lap⋅i⋅date

[lap-i-deyt]

–verb (used with object), -dat⋅ed, -dat⋅ing.

1.	to pelt with stones.

2.	to stone to death.

Origin:
1615–25; < L lapidātus ptp. of lapidāre to stone. See lapidary, -ate ¹

Related forms:

lap⋅i⋅da⋅tion, noun

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lapidate
verb
1.	kill by throwing stones at; "People wanted to stone the woman who had a child out of wedlock" [syn: stone]
2.	throw stones at; "Pilgrims lapidate a stone pillar in commemoration of Abraham's temptation"

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