flagitate

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/ˈflæd͡ʒɪteɪt/

verb

To importune; to demand fiercely or with passion.

OriginLatin flāgitātus →
Scrabble 13
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Meanings

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

present singular third person flagitates · participle present flagitating · participle past flagitated · past flagitated

  1. archaicTo importune; to demand fiercely or with passion.

    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.

    1858–1865, Thomas Carlyle, History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Called Frederick the Great, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLC

Origin

  1. Latinflāgitātus
  2. Englishflagitate

First attested in 1623; borrowed from Latin flāgitātus, perfect passive participle of flāgitō (“to demand, ask urgingly”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).

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APA

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MLA

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

Chicago

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

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