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flagitated

flagitated is the simple past and past participle of flagitate.

Meaning of flagitate

Verb

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

  1. (archaic) To 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

Questions about flagitated

What is flagitated the simple past and past participle of?
Flagitated is the simple past and past participle of flagitate.

Words near flagitated in the dictionary

  1. flaghoist
  2. flaghoists
  3. flaghopper
  4. flaghoppers
  5. flagitate
  6. flagitated
  7. flagitates
  8. flagitating
  9. flagitation
  10. flagitations
  11. flagitious

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