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scourge |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Scourge \Scourge\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Scourged}; p. pr & vb n. {Scourging}.] [From {Scourge}, n.: cf OF escorgier.] 1. To whip severely; to lash. Is it lawful for you to scourge a . . . Roman? --Acts xxii. 25. 2. To punish with severity; to chastise; to afflict, as for sins or faults, and with the purpose of correction. Whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth --Heb. xii. 6. 3. To harass or afflict severely. To scourge and impoverish the people. --Brougham. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Scourge \Scourge\, n. [F. escourg['e]e, fr L. excoriata (sc. scutica) a stripped off (lash or whip), fr excoriare to strip, to skin. See {Excoriate}.] 1. A lash; a strap or cord; especially, a lash used to inflict pain or punishment; an instrument of punishment or discipline; a whip. Up to coach then goes The observed maid, takes both the scourge and reins. --Chapman. 2. Hence a means of inflicting punishment, vengeance, or suffering; an infliction of affliction; a punishment. Sharp scourges of adversity. --Chaucer. What scourge for perjury Can this dark monarchy afford false Clarence? --Shak. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: scourge n 1: a whip used to inflict punishment 2: something causes misery or death; "the bane of my life" [syn: {bane}, {curse}, {nemesis}] 3: a person who inspires fear or dread; "he was the terror of the neighborhood" [syn: {terror}, {threat}] v 1: punish severely 2: whip; "The religious fanatics flagellated themselves" [syn: {flagellate}]
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