Definition of "flagitate" verb third-person singular simple present flagitates , present participle flagitating , simple past and past participle flagitated
(archaic) To importune ; to demand fiercely or with passion . quotations
Quotations 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 .
1858–1865, Thomas Carlyle, History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Called Frederick the Great, volumes (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: Chapman and Hall, […]