efflagitate

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US/əˈflæd͡ʒ.ɪ.teɪt/

verb

To demand something urgently

Scrabble 18

Meanings

verbefflagitate (third-person singular simple present efflagitates, present participle efflagitating, simple past and past participle efflagitated)

present singular third person efflagitates · participle present efflagitating · participle past efflagitated · past efflagitated

  1. obsoleteTo demand something urgently

Origin

  1. Latinefflagitare
  2. Englishefflagitate

From Latin efflagitare.

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APA

efflagitate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/efflagitate

MLA

“efflagitate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/efflagitate. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “efflagitate,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/efflagitate.

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