Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to flagellate
Participle: flagellated
Gerund: flagellating
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | flagellate |
| you | flagellate |
| he;she;it | flagellates |
| we | flagellate |
| you | flagellate |
| they | flagellate |
Perfect
| I | have flagellated |
| you | have flagellated |
| he;she;it | has flagellated |
| we | have flagellated |
| you | have flagellated |
| they | have flagellated |
Past
| I | flagellated |
| you | flagellated |
| he;she;it | flagellated |
| we | flagellated |
| you | flagellated |
| they | flagellated |
Pluperfect
| I | had flagellated |
| you | had flagellated |
| he;she;it | had flagellated |
| we | had flagellated |
| you | had flagellated |
| they | had flagellated |
Future
| I | will flagellate |
| you | will flagellate |
| he;she;it | will flagellate |
| we | will flagellate |
| you | will flagellate |
| they | will flagellate |
Future Perfect
| I | will have flagellated |
| you | will have flagellated |
| he;she;it | will have flagellated |
| we | will have flagellated |
| you | will have flagellated |
| they | will have flagellated |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | flagellate |
| you | flagellate |
| he;she;it | flagellate |
| we | flagellate |
| you | flagellate |
| they | flagellate |
Perfect
| I | have flagellated |
| you | have flagellated |
| he;she;it | have flagellated |
| we | have flagellated |
| you | have flagellated |
| they | have flagellated |
Imperfect
| I | flagellated |
| you | flagellated |
| he;she;it | flagellated |
| we | flagellated |
| you | flagellated |
| they | flagellated |
Pluperfect
| I | had flagellated |
| you | had flagellated |
| he;she;it | had flagellated |
| we | had flagellated |
| you | had flagellated |
| they | had flagellated |
Conditional
Present
| I | would flagellate |
| you | would flagellate |
| he;she;it | would flagellate |
| we | would flagellate |
| you | would flagellate |
| they | would flagellate |
Perfect
| I | would have flagellated |
| you | would have flagellated |
| he;she;it | would have flagellated |
| we | would have flagellated |
| you | would have flagellated |
| they | would have flagellated |
Imperative
| you | flagellate |
| we | Let's flagellate |
| you | flagellate |
Verbs conjugated like 'flagellate'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'flagellate'
deflagellate,
enflagellate,
exflagellate,
fellate,
flagitate,
flagrate,
flatulate,
lallate,
castellate,
coagulate,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- beating the human body with special implements
- cut, feague, flog, knout, lash, lather, quirt, scourge, scutch, slash, strap, stripe, whip, thresh, whoop, yark
- beat
- whip, scourge, thrash, flog, cane
Antonyms
- beat
- stroke, pat, shelter, protect
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₂-?
3. Proto-Indo-European *-rós
4. Latin flagrum
5. Proto-Indo-European *-lós
6. Proto-Indo-European *-elós
7. Proto-Italic *-elos
8. Latin -lum
9. Latin flagellum
10. Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
11. Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
12. Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
13. Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
14. Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.
15. Proto-Italic *-ājō
16. Proto-Italic *-āō
17. Latin -ō
18. Latin flagellō
19. Proto-Indo-European *-tós
20. Proto-Italic *-tos
21. Latin -tus
22. Latin flagellātuslbor.
23. English flagellate
24. First attested in 1623; borrowed from Latin flagellātus perfect passive participle of flagellō (“to whip, flog”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Sample Sentences
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Red welts rising from a flagellated back [1976 December 11, David Holland, “A Conversation With Maitresse”, in Gay Community News, volume 4, number 24, page 13:]
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The gigantic egg sits, and the frantic and tiny sperm flagellates its tail to cross vast distances on its quest for dissolution in the huge egg. [1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 63:]