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scourge
(encz) | scourge,bič pcernoch@imc.cas.cz |
scourge
(encz) | scourge,metla pcernoch@imc.cas.cz |
scourge
(encz) | scourge,ostře kritizovat pcernoch@imc.cas.cz |
scourge
(encz) | scourge,pohroma pcernoch@imc.cas.cz |
scourge
(encz) | scourge,potrestat pcernoch@imc.cas.cz |
scourge
(encz) | scourge,rána pcernoch@imc.cas.cz |
scourge
(encz) | scourge,zbičovat pcernoch@imc.cas.cz |
scourge
(encz) | scourge,zdeptat pcernoch@imc.cas.cz |
scourge
(encz) | scourge,zpustošit pcernoch@imc.cas.cz |
Scourge
(gcide) | 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.
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Is it lawful for you to scourge a . . . Roman?
--Acts xxii.
25.
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2. To punish with severity; to chastise; to afflict, as for
sins or faults, and with the purpose of correction.
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Whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth
every son whom he receiveth. --Heb. xii. 6.
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3. To harass or afflict severely.
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To scourge and impoverish the people. --Brougham.
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Scourge
(gcide) | 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.
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Up to coach then goes
The observed maid, takes both the scourge and reins.
--Chapman.
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2. Hence, a means of inflicting punishment, vengeance, or
suffering; an infliction of affliction; a punishment.
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Sharp scourges of adversity. --Chaucer.
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What scourge for perjury
Can this dark monarchy afford false Clarence?
--Shak.
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scourge
(wn) | scourge
n 1: a whip used to inflict punishment (often used for pedantic
humor) [syn: scourge, flagellum]
2: something causing misery or death; "the bane of my life"
[syn: bane, curse, scourge, nemesis]
3: a person who inspires fear or dread; "he was the terror of
the neighborhood" [syn: terror, scourge, threat]
v 1: punish severely; excoriate
2: whip; "The religious fanatics flagellated themselves" [syn:
flagellate, scourge]
3: cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly; "The enemy lay
waste to the countryside after the invasion" [syn: {lay waste
to}, waste, devastate, desolate, ravage, scourge] |
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scourged
(encz) | scourged,ostře zkritizoval Zdeněk Brožscourged,potrestal v: Zdeněk Brožscourged,zbičoval v: Zdeněk Brožscourged,zdeptal v: Zdeněk Brožscourged,zpustošil v: Zdeněk Brož |
scourger
(encz) | scourger, n: |
Scourge
(gcide) | 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.
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Is it lawful for you to scourge a . . . Roman?
--Acts xxii.
25.
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2. To punish with severity; to chastise; to afflict, as for
sins or faults, and with the purpose of correction.
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Whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth
every son whom he receiveth. --Heb. xii. 6.
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3. To harass or afflict severely.
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To scourge and impoverish the people. --Brougham.
[1913 Webster]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.
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Up to coach then goes
The observed maid, takes both the scourge and reins.
--Chapman.
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2. Hence, a means of inflicting punishment, vengeance, or
suffering; an infliction of affliction; a punishment.
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Sharp scourges of adversity. --Chaucer.
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What scourge for perjury
Can this dark monarchy afford false Clarence?
--Shak.
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Scourged
(gcide) | 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.
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Is it lawful for you to scourge a . . . Roman?
--Acts xxii.
25.
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2. To punish with severity; to chastise; to afflict, as for
sins or faults, and with the purpose of correction.
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Whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth
every son whom he receiveth. --Heb. xii. 6.
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3. To harass or afflict severely.
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To scourge and impoverish the people. --Brougham.
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Scourger
(gcide) | Scourger \Scour"ger\, n.
One who scourges or punishes; one who afflicts severely.
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The West must own the scourger of the world. --Byron.
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scourge of god
(wn) | Scourge of God
n 1: king of the Huns; the most successful barbarian invader of
the Roman Empire (406-453) [syn: Attila, {Attila the
Hun}, Scourge of God, Scourge of the Gods] |
scourge of the gods
(wn) | Scourge of the Gods
n 1: king of the Huns; the most successful barbarian invader of
the Roman Empire (406-453) [syn: Attila, {Attila the
Hun}, Scourge of God, Scourge of the Gods] |
scourger
(wn) | scourger
n 1: a torturer who flogs or scourges (especially an official
whose duty is to whip offenders) [syn: flogger,
scourger] |
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