scourged

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scourged - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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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