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Meaning of "fustigate" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD FUSTIGATE

From Late Latin fūstīgāre to cudgel to death, from Latin fūstis cudgel.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF FUSTIGATE

ˈfʌstɪˌɡeɪt


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FUSTIGATE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Fustigate is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb fustigate in English.

WHAT DOES FUSTIGATE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of fustigate in the English dictionary

The definition of fustigate in the dictionary is to beat; cudgel.



CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO FUSTIGATE

PRESENT

Present
I fustigate
you fustigate
he/she/it fustigates
we fustigate
you fustigate
they fustigate
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
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
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I fustigated
you fustigated
he/she/it fustigated
we fustigated
you fustigated
they 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
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
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will fustigate
you will fustigate
he/she/it will fustigate
we will fustigate
you will fustigate
they will fustigate
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
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 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
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would fustigate
you would fustigate
he/she/it would fustigate
we would fustigate
you would fustigate
they would fustigate
Conditional continuous
I would be fustigating
you would be fustigating
he/she/it would be fustigating
we would be fustigating
you would be fustigating
they would be fustigating
Conditional perfect
I would have fustigate
you would have fustigate
he/she/it would have fustigate
we would have fustigate
you would have fustigate
they would have fustigate
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been fustigating
you would have been fustigating
he/she/it would have been fustigating
we would have been fustigating
you would have been fustigating
they would have been fustigating
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you fustigate
we let´s fustigate
you fustigate
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to fustigate
Past participle
fustigated
Present Participle
fustigating
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FUSTIGATE

castigate · circumnavigate · congregate · delegate · desegregate · disaggregate · fatigate · fertigate · fumigate · instigate · investigate · irrigate · litigate · mitigate · navigate · obligate · reinvestigate · segregate · variegate · vitilitigate

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FUSTIGATE

fust · fustanella · fustanelle · fustet · fustian · fustianise · fustianist · fustic · fustier · fustiest · fustigation · fustigator · fustigatory · fustilarian · fustilirian · fustillirian · fustilugs · fustily · fustiness · fusty

WORDS THAT END LIKE FUSTIGATE

agate · aggregate · alligate · AND gate · colligate · exclusive OR gate · frigate · gate · in the aggregate · legate · levigate · ligate · profligate · Reigate · remigate · smifligate · strigate · subirrigate · suffumigate · tailgate

Synonyms and antonyms of fustigate in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «fustigate» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF FUSTIGATE

Find out the translation of fustigate to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of fustigate from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «fustigate» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

fustigate
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

fustigar
570 millions of speakers
en

English

fustigate
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

fustigate
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

fustigate
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

fustigate
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

fustigam
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

মুগুরপেটা করা
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

fustiger
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Fustigate
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

fustigate
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

fustigate
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

fustigate
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Fustigate
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đánh bằng roi
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

fustigate
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

फटफट
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

fustigate
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

fustigate
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

fustigate
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

fustigate
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

fustigate
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

fustigate
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

ranselen
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

fustigate
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

fustigate
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of fustigate

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FUSTIGATE»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of fustigate
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about fustigate

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FUSTIGATE»

Discover the use of fustigate in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to fustigate and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Best Words
For the Patriot women take their hazel wands, and fustigate, amid laughter of bystanders, with alacrity: broad bottom of Priests; alas, Nuns too reversed, and cotillons retrousses! The National Guard does what it can: Municipality 'invokes the ...
Robert Hartwell Fiske, 2011
2
An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language
... fulminate, fulvous, fulvid, fumigate, funtcle, furcate, furfuraceous, fuscous, fuse ( 1), fusil (a), fusil (3). fustigate. galeated, gallinaceous, garrulous, gaud, gelid, Gemini, generate, generic, geniculate, genius, genuine, genus, gerund, gesticulate, ...
Walter William Skeat, 1882
3
The Columbian cyclopedia
FUSTIGATE, v. fus'ti-gdt [L. fustigdtus, cudgelled— from fastis, a cudgel]: to beat with a cudgel or stick. Fus tigating, imp. Fus tigated, pp. Fus'tiga'tion, n. -gd'shun, a beating with a. stick or cudgel. FUSTY: see under Fusted. FUSUS, n.fu'zus, ...
‎1897
4
A Concise Etymological Dictionary of the English Language
L.fustem (as above). fustigate, to cudgel. (L.) From pp. of L. fustigare, to cudgel. — L. fust-, stem of fustis, a cudgel; -igare, for agere, to diive, wield. Fustian, a kind of coarse cloth. (F. - Ital. — Low L. — Egypt.) M. E. fustane; also fustian. — O. F. ...
Walter William Skeat, 1897
5
Quarterly Review: A Journal of University Perspectives
The list follows: baske, bastinado, batterfang, bebump, be- hammer, belishlash, belt, bemaul, bensil, bepelt, bruise, brush, bump, cane, crab, cut, drub, fag, fib, fisticuff, flagellate, flay, flog, fustigate, lambaste, leather, mill, raddle, slam, slap, ...
‎1934
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The Story of the Stick in All Ages and Lands: A ...
After having served to fustigate the shoulders of the human race, it was used to fustigate its eccentricities — snatched from court and church, and placed resolutely in the hands of those reprobates " the sons of Belial" — as actors were then ...
Antony Réal, 1875
7
Tabula Picta: Painting and Writing in Medieval Law
For if it were a valueless painting, such as those of the Ultramontani who paint a slug in charcoal on a wall to fustigate the Italians, or scorpions to fustigate the Ultramontani, it would be incongruous that the wall should appertain to the painting.
Marta Madero, 2011
8
Touching Liberty: Abolition, Feminism, and the Politics of ...
With the coining of this new word, moreover, Whitman evokes not only blackness, but also the corporeal nature of plantation authority, since the elided middle term between obfuscate and obfus- ticate seems to be fustigate.8 The suppressed ...
Karen Sánchez-Eppler, 1997
9
Depraved English
fustigate /FUSS tig ate/ v To beat with a stick or club. Fustigate A hearty, meaty word. Sometimes it is a good idea to relax, sit back, and think of all the people you would like to see fustigated. From the Latin fustis (club), fustuarium ( execution by ...
Peter Novobatzky, Ammon Shea, 2014
10
Полный русско-английский словарь
... s. n. fustigation, whipping, lashing. хлестать, хлынуть, хлестнуть, v. a. со fustigate, whip, lash, switch, cut; онъ ыгцуаъ ею плетью no лицу, he gave him a cut across the face with his whip; дождь, витеръ хцёщстъ as лицо, wind, rain cuts ...
А Александров, 1897

7 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FUSTIGATE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term fustigate is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Mets vs. Blue Jays Recap: Dickey shines, tops Mets
... shaking his head in disbelief between pitches and even approaching Wegner to fustigate him verbally after retiring the Mets without incident. «Amazin' Avenue, Jun 15»
2
Ted Cruz's Favorite Senator
He has five degrees and writes about history, politics, film, sports, and anything in which he gets to use the word “fustigate.” Explore more ... «OZY, Mar 15»
3
Hey Christopher Nolan, 'Interstellar' Isn't the Only Sci-Fi People …
... alike come together to nitpick and fustigate every movie that hits theaters. According to Nolan, this phenomenon is unique to his films alone. «Bustle, Nov 14»
4
Readers' 48 words for defeat
To fustigate is rather more widely known, even having featured in an episode of The Simpsons. Richard, Belfast. Beat hollow - an intensive form ... «BBC News, Jul 14»
5
Oakland Raiders: OTA Topics To Focus On
Sentence: Kevin Burnett has drawn some heat for his absence from OTAs, as a segment of the fans feel the need to fustigate him for it. «Golden Gate Sports, Jun 14»
6
The mystery lies beyond the door of Marfreless
The elect further wears the mental and spiritual habiliment of militant misanthropes and covenants to fustigate and execrate jaded degenerates, ... «Houston Chronicle, Nov 12»
7
Too Big to Fail?
... breeze: while the leaders of the European Union, even more than their trans-Atlantic colleagues, readily fustigate authoritarian rule in China, ... «CounterPunch, Mar 09»
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