Etymology

flagrate

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Today it means: To burn. Full definition →

Latin flagrātus
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  1. Latin · borrowed fromflagrātus
  2. English todayflagrate

First attested in 1756; borrowed from Latin flagrātus, perfect passive participle of flagrō (“to burn”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).

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