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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
flagellate
verb
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▪ This should certainly not be a taboo subject, but nor should it be used to flagellate the mass of teachers.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Flagellate

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.

Flagellate

Flagellate \Fla*gel"late\, a.

  1. Flagelliform.

  2. (Zo["o]l.) Of or pertaining to the Flagellata.

  3. Having a flagellum or flagella.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
flagellate

"to whip, scourge," 1620s, from Latin flagellatus, past participle of flagellare "to scourge, lash" (see flagellum). Related: Flagellated; flagellating. An earlier verb for this in English was flagellen (mid-15c.; see flail (v.)).

flagellate

1851, from flagellum + -ate (1).

Wiktionary
flagellate
  1. 1 Resembling a whip. 2 (context biology English) Having flagellum. n. (context biology English) Any organism that has flagella. v

  2. To whip or scourge.

WordNet
flagellate

adj. having or resembling a flagellum or flagella [syn: flagellated, whiplike]

flagellate

n. usually nonphotosynthetic free-living protozoan with whiplike appendages; some pathogens of humans and other animals [syn: flagellate protozoan, flagellated protozoan, mastigophoran, mastigophore]

flagellate

v. whip; "The religious fanatics flagellated themselves" [syn: scourge]

Wikipedia
Flagellate

A flagellate is a cell or organism with one or more whip-like organelles called flagella. The word flagellate also describes a particular construction (or level of organization) characteristic of many protists ( eukaryotic organisms) and their means of motion. The term presently does not imply any specific relationship or classification of the organisms that possess flagellae. However, the term "flagellate" is included in other terms (such as " dinoflagellate" and " choanoflagellata") which are more formally characterized.

Usage examples of "flagellate".

Fourteen species of autotrophic nannoflagellates, twenty heterotrophic flagellates, forty heterotrophic dinoflagellates, and several metazoans, including polychaetes, amphipods, copepods, euphausids, and fish.

There, in that moribund, ancient town, wrapped in its siesta, flagellated with heat, deserted, ignored, baking in a noon-day silence, these two strange men, the one a poet by nature, the other by training, both out of tune with their world, dreamers, introspective, morbid, lost and unfamiliar at that end-of-the-century time, searching for a sign, groping and baffled amidst the perplexing obscurity of the Delusion, sat over empty wine glasses, silent with the pervading silence that surrounded them, hearing only the cooing of doves and the drone of bees, the quiet so profound, that at length they could plainly distinguish at intervals the puffing and coughing of a locomotive switching cars in the station yard of Bonneville.

Fourteen species of autotrophic nannoflagellates, twenty heterotrophic flagellates, forty heterotrophic dinoflagellates, and several metazoans, including polychaetes, amphipods, copepods, euphausids, and fish.

Ellison, who flagellated the fans mercilessly with his razor-sharp tongue, not even Malzberg, who had written several vicious heartfelt satires on the subject.

Fungi, for their fruiting bodies, or Protista, for their flagellate forms.

No, no he's mad from the start and religion gives it an outlet, gets it organized, penitents flagellating themselves with scourges till the blood pours out in those streams of madness throbbing away skindeep all over Mexico, Sikhs, Iraqis, Afghanis they're all raving maniacs to begin with looking for some grand design that they can fit into, some system of absolutes where they can find refuge, that's what the true believer is isn't he?

Both girls had collapsed into the wet heather, sufficiently flagellated to prove their stamina, at least in the case of the blonde who, he considered, promised well, if not for conversion, at least for Elodie's enjoyment.

He trusted that Elodie would not disapprove of his choice nor be disenchanted at their having been flagellated, for she much preferred her newcomers to be unblemished on arrival.

If she was to be flagellated, strangely she would prefer to suffer under the hand of a male.

Were you flagellated by Coursel, our cock of the dunghill, or was it Elodie?

Joanne's contented body floated in a glow of pure sexual solace, the sort she had only known when, half-way into sleep at home, she would picture herself chained to a post in a densely crowded square, being flagellated and fucked by that same masked, cock-hard torturer who was always there in her dreams, always using her.

And you'll be flagellated regularly until you're ready to graduate to the more sophisticated stages of your training.

The Marquis moved slowly round the jolting, flagellated figure to grab the head.

Bondage, the roving hands, together with the vision of the flagellated slave hanging before her, was edging her to the verge of orgasm.

As if participating in a sisterhood, her groans mingled with theirs, as their submissive flesh was mauled, flagellated and driven into orgasm.