Obs. [ad. L. flagellāre, f. flagellum: see prec.] trans. To scourge.
1550. Bale, Eng. Votaries, II. R iij/1. Hys legates are so furyouse and ragynge mad, that a man wolde thynke, as they steppe foewardes, that Sathan were sent from the face of God to flagelle the churche.
