flagellate

Etymology

Latin flagellum (“whip”)

Verb

flagellate (third-person singular simple present flagellates, present participle flagellating, simple past and past participle flagellated)

1. (transitive) To whip or scourge.

Adjective

flagellate (comparative more flagellate, superlative most flagellate)

1. Resembling a whip.
2. (biology) Having flagella.

Noun

flagellate (plural flagellates)

1. (biology) Any organism that has flagella.

Verb

flagellate

1. second-person plural present indicative of flagellare
2. second-person plural imperative of flagellare
3. feminine plural of flagellato

Verb

flagellāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of flagellō