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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

draw and quarter en · VERB

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (historical, transitive) To execute (someone) by castration, disembowelling, beheading and quartering.
  2. (figuratively, transitive) To severely punish or criticize someone.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
drew and quartered Tense=Past lexicographic
drawing and quartering Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
draws and quarters Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
drawn and quartered Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Deriveds

hang, draw and quarter

Translations (14)

pl ćwiartować (то execute a person) · it squartare (то execute a person) · pl poćwiartować (то execute a person) · nl vierendelen (то execute a person) · sh raščerečiti (то execute a person) · cmn 車裂 /车裂 (то execute a person) · fi teloittaa repimällä ja paloittelemalla (то execute a person) · sh рашчеречити (то execute a person) · fr écarteler (то execute a person) · cmn 轘磔 /𮝹磔 (то execute a person) · cmn 轘 /𮝹 (то execute a person) · ru четвертова́ть (то execute a person) · cmn 轘臠 /𮝹脔 (то execute a person) · cmn 轘裂 /𮝹裂 (то execute a person)