Definition of fustigate

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fus·ti·gate    (fst-gt) KEY 

TRANSITIVE VERB:
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).

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ETYMOLOGY:
Late Latin fstigre, fstigt- : Latin fstis, club + Latin agere, to do; see ag- in Indo-European roots

OTHER FORMS:
fusti·gation(Noun)