flagitate

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To importune; to demand fiercely or with passion. archaic
    — 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.

词形变化

flagitates present,singular,third-person flagitating participle,present flagitated participle,past flagitated past

词源

First attested in 1623; borrowed from Latin flāgitātus, perfect passive participle of flāgitō (“to demand, ask urgingly”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).
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