fustigate

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: "Joe McCarthy .... fustigated Robert La Follette Jr., the incumbent whom he whipped in the GOP primary, as an isolationist" (Bill Kauffman).

[Late Latin fūstigāre, fūstigāt- : Latin fūstis, club; see fusty + Latin agere, to do; see ag- in Indo-European roots.]

fus′ti·ga′tion n.

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fustigate

(ˈfʌstɪˌɡeɪt)

(tr) archaic to beat; cudgel

[C17: from Late Latin fūstīgāre to cudgel to death, from Latin fūstis cudgel]

ˌfustiˈgation n

ˈfustiˌgator n

ˈfustiˌgatory adj

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fus•ti•gate

(ˈfʌs tɪˌgeɪt)

v.t. -gat•ed, -gat•ing.

1. to cudgel; beat.

2. to criticize harshly; castigate.

[1650–60; < Late Latin fūstīgātus, past participle of fūstigāre to cudgel, derivative of Latin fūstis cudgel]

fus`ti•ga′tion, n.

fustigate

Past participle: fustigated
Gerund: fustigating

Imperative
fustigate
fustigate

Present
I fustigate
you fustigate
he/she/it fustigates
we fustigate
you fustigate
they fustigate

Preterite
I fustigated
you fustigated
he/she/it fustigated
we fustigated
you fustigated
they fustigated

Present Continuous
I am fustigating
you are fustigating
he/she/it is fustigating
we are fustigating
you are fustigating
they are fustigating

Present Perfect
I have fustigated
you have fustigated
he/she/it has fustigated
we have fustigated
you have fustigated
they have fustigated

Past Continuous
I was fustigating
you were fustigating
he/she/it was fustigating
we were fustigating
you were fustigating
they were fustigating

Past Perfect
I had fustigated
you had fustigated
he/she/it had fustigated
we had fustigated
you had fustigated
they had fustigated

Future
I will fustigate
you will fustigate
he/she/it will fustigate
we will fustigate
you will fustigate
they will fustigate

Future Perfect
I will have fustigated
you will have fustigated
he/she/it will have fustigated
we will have fustigated
you will have fustigated
they will have fustigated

Future Continuous
I will be fustigating
you will be fustigating
he/she/it will be fustigating
we will be fustigating
you will be fustigating
they will be fustigating

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been fustigating
you have been fustigating
he/she/it has been fustigating
we have been fustigating
you have been fustigating
they have been fustigating

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been fustigating
you will have been fustigating
he/she/it will have been fustigating
we will have been fustigating
you will have been fustigating
they will have been fustigating

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been fustigating
you had been fustigating
he/she/it had been fustigating
we had been fustigating
you had been fustigating
they had been fustigating

Conditional
I would fustigate
you would fustigate
he/she/it would fustigate
we would fustigate
you would fustigate
they would fustigate

Past Conditional
I would have fustigated
you would have fustigated
he/she/it would have fustigated
we would have fustigated
you would have fustigated
they would have fustigated

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Verb

fustigate - strike with a cudgel

cudgel

hit - deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument; "He hit her hard in the face"

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