flagitate
English
Etymology
From Latin flagitatus, past participle of flagitare (“to demand”). See flagitious.
Verb
flagitate (third-person singular simple present flagitates, present participle flagitating, simple past and past participle flagitated)
- (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.
- Thomas Carlyle
Latin
Verb
flāgitāte
- second-person plural present active imperative of flāgitō