▪ I. † flagelle, n. Obs.
[ad. L. flagellum dim. of flagrum scourge.]
A scourge.
| c 1430 Lydg. Bochas i. (1544) 15 a, Their olde offences to punishe..As a flagell. c 1430 ― Min. Poems (Percy Soc.) 146 Thu must of righte yeve hym is penaunce, With this flagelle of equite and resoun. |
▪ II. † flagelle, v. Obs.
[ad. L. flagellāre, f. flagellum: see prec.]
trans. To scourge.
| 1550 Bale Eng. Votaries ii R iij/1 A man wold thinke..that Sathan wer sent..to flagelle the church. |