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Webster 1913 Edition


Flagellate

Flag′el-late

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Flagellated
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Flagellating
.]
[L.
flagellatus
, p. p. of
flagellare
to scoure, fr.
flagellum
whip, dim. of
flagrum
whip, scoure; cf.
fligere
to strike. Cf.
Flall
.]
To whip; to scourge; to flog.

Fla-gel′late

,
Adj.
1.
Flagelliform.
2.
(Zool.)
Of or pertaining to the Flagellata.

Webster 1828 Edition


Flagellate

FLAG'ELLATE

,
Verb.
T.
To whip; to scourge.

Definition 2024


flagellate

flagellate

English

Verb

flagellate (third-person singular simple present flagellates, present participle flagellating, simple past and past participle flagellated)

  1. To whip or scourge.

Translations

Adjective

flagellate (comparative more flagellate, superlative most flagellate)

  1. Resembling a whip.
  2. (biology) Having flagella.

Translations

Noun

flagellate (plural flagellates)

  1. (biology) Any organism that has flagella.

Translations


Italian

Verb

flagellate

  1. second-person plural present indicative of flagellare
  2. second-person plural imperative of flagellare
  3. feminine plural of flagellato

Latin

Verb

flagellāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of flagellō