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flagitate, v.|ˈflædʒɪteɪt| [f. L. flāgitāt- ppl. stem of flāgitāre to demand earnestly, f. root flā̆g: see flagrant.] trans. To entreat (a person) earnestly; to importune (rare).
1623Cockeram, Flagitate, earnestly to importune. 1656Blount Glossogr., Flagitate, to ask instantly, to desire earnestly. 1862Carlyle Fredk. Gt. III. xiv. iii. 639 Carteret himself shall go and flagitate the Dutch. 1865Ibid. V. xviii. i. 7 Schmettau earnestly flagitating the Hanoverian Officialities. |