flagitatev.
/ˈfladʒɪteɪt/ transitive. To entreat (a person) earnestly; to importune (rare).
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the mind > language > speech > request > request or ask for [verb (transitive)] > urge or importune
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to lie at, upon1535
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to put on ——?a1600
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1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Flagitate, earnestly to importune.
1656 T. Blount Glossographia Flagitate, to ask instantly, to desire earnestly.
1862 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia III. xiv. iii. 639 Carteret himself shall go and flagitate the Dutch.
1865 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia V. xviii. i. 7 Schmettau earnestly flagitating the Hanoverian Officialities.
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