† ˈflagrate, v. Obs.
[f. L. flagrāt- ppl. stem of flagrāre to burn.]
1. intr. To burst into flame; to deflagrate.
| 1756 C. Lucas Ess. Waters II. 101 It does not flagrate or fulgurate, as nitre does. |
2. trans. To injure by fire; to burn.
Hence ˈflagrating ppl. a.
| 1705 Greenhill Art Embalming iii. 336 Typhon's destructive and flagrating Power..was made more temperate. |