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"
Lapidate \Lap"i*date\, v. t. [L. lapidatus, p. p. of lapidare, fr. lapis stone.] To stone. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]