Also 5 flagitacyon. [ad. L. flāgitātiōn-em, n. of action f. flāgitāre: see prec.] The action of asking or demanding with earnestness or passion.

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1658.  Phillips, Flagitation, an earnest begging.

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1727.  in Bailey, vol. II.

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  ¶ A mistake for FLAGELLATION.

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1490.  Caxton, Eneydos, xxvii. 96. The tourment & flagitacyon wherof the see was bette in righte grete violence.

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