Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Flagellate"
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) 1.7 (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: {flagellate protozoan}, {flagellated
protozoan}, {mastigophoran}, {mastigophore}]
v : whip; "The religious fanatics flagellated themselves" [syn:
{scourge}]
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