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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Flagellate \Flag"el*late\, v. 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Flagellate \Fla*gel"late\, a. 1. Flagelliform. 2. (Zo["o]l.) Of or pertaining to the Flagellata. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: flagellate adj : having or resembling a flagellum or flagella [syn: {flagellated}, {whiplike}] n : usually nonphotosynthetic free-living protozoan with whiplike appendages; some pathogens of humans and other animals [syn: {flagellated protozoan}, {mastigophoran}, {mastigophore}] v : whip; "The religious fanatics flagellated themselves" [syn: {scourge}]
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