1.
[syn: stone, lapidate]
2. throw stones at;
- Example: "Pilgrims lapidate a stone pillar in commemoration of Abraham's temptation"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Lapidate \Lap"i*date\, v. t. [L. lapidatus, p. p. of lapidare,
fr. lapis stone.]
To stone. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
lapidate
v 1: kill by throwing stones at; "People wanted to stone the
woman who had a child out of wedlock" [syn: stone,
lapidate]
2: throw stones at; "Pilgrims lapidate a stone pillar in
commemoration of Abraham's temptation"