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Meaning of flagitate | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2
ˈflæd͡ʒɪteɪt

Definitions

To importune; to demand fiercely or with passion.

archaic

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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