lapidate Meaning, Definition & Usage

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

WordNet

Lap"i*date transitive verb
Etymology
L.lapidatus, p. p. of lapidare, fr. lapis stone.
Definitions
  1. To stone. Obs.

Webster 1913