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Webster 1913 Edition

Flagitate

Flag′i-tate

,
Verb.
T.
[L.
flagitatus
, p. p. of
flagitare
to demand. See
Flagitious
.]
To importune; to demand fiercely or with passion.
[Archaic]
Carcyle.

Definition 2025

flagitate

flagitate

English

Verb

flagitate ‎(third-person singular simple present flagitates, present participle flagitating, simple past and past participle flagitated)

  1. (archaic) To importune; to demand fiercely or with passion.
    • Thomas Carlyle
      Holy Virgin stood in the main Convent of Glatz, in rather a threadbare condition, when the Prussians first approached; the Jesuits, and ardently Orthodox of both sexes, flagitating Heaven and her with their prayers, that she would vouchsafe to keep the Prussians out.

Latin

Verb

flāgitāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of flāgitō

Etymology

From Latin flagitatus, past participle of flagitare ‎(“to demand”). See flagitious.

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