flagitate
English
editEtymology
editFrom Latin flagitatus, past participle of flagitare (“to demand”). See flagitious.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editflagitate (third-person singular simple present flagitates, present participle flagitating, simple past and past participle flagitated)
- (archaic) To importune; to demand fiercely or with passion.
- 1858–1865, Thomas Carlyle, History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Called Frederick the Great, volumes (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLC:
- 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.
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editflāgitāte