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).
| 1623 Cockeram, Flagitate, earnestly to importune. 1656 Blount Glossogr., Flagitate, to ask instantly, to desire earnestly. 1862 Carlyle Fredk. Gt. III. xiv. iii. 639 Carteret himself shall go and flagitate the Dutch. 1865 Ibid. V. xviii. i. 7 Schmettau earnestly flagitating the Hanoverian Officialities. |