v. [f. L. flāgitāt- ppl. stem of flāgitāre to demand earnestly, f. root flāg. see FLAGRANT.] trans. To entreat (a person) earnestly; to importune (rare).
1623. Cockeram, Flagitate, earnestly to importune.
1656. Blount, Glossogr., Flagitate, to ask instantly, to desire earnestly.
1862. Carlyle, Fredk. Gt., III. XIV. iii. 639. Carteret himself shall go and flagitate the Dutch. Ibid. (1865), V. XVIII. i. 7. Friedrich, through Winter, has Schmettau earnestly flagitating the Hanoverian Officialities.
