Synonyms for flagellate
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : verb flaj-uh-leyt; adjective, noun flaj-uh-lit, -leyt |
| Phonetic Transcription : verb ˈflædʒ əˌleɪt; adjective, noun ˈflædʒ ə lɪt, -ˌleɪt |
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Définition of flagellate
Origin :- 1620s, from Latin flagellatus, past participle of flagellare "to scourge, lash" (see flagellum). Related: Flagellated; flagellating. An earlier verb for this was flagellen (mid-15c.).
- verb whip, lash
- Byron, Shelley, and Moore all flagellate him in their poetry.
- Extract from : « Main Currents in Nineteenth Century Literature - 4. Naturalism in England » by Georg Brandes
- I will cut him up, sir; I will flay him—flagellate him—finish him!
- Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari. Vol. 1, July 31, 1841 » by Various
- At this stage many of the spores assume each a flagellate cilium, and so acquire power of more rapid locomotion.
- Extract from : « The North American Slime-Moulds » by Thomas H. (Thomas Huston) MacBride
- These cells, called choanocytes, resemble independent animals of the Protozoa, known as flagellate Infusoria or Choanoflagellata.
- Extract from : « The Sea-beach at Ebb-tide » by Augusta Foote Arnold
- Most of the flagellate infusoria do just the reverse; they are anodically sensitive or positively galvanotactic.
- Extract from : « The Wonders of Life » by Ernst Haeckel
- Other modifications are whip-like processes, or flagellate filaments, called vibracula, which constantly beat the water.
- Extract from : « The Sea-beach at Ebb-tide » by Augusta Foote Arnold
- Page 102: "flagellte Infusoria" was changed to "flagellate Infusoria" to match the corresponding index entry.
- Extract from : « The Sea-beach at Ebb-tide » by Augusta Foote Arnold
- It was something you could lay hold of; and was laid hold of, for instance, by Miss Lutwyche, to flagellate Mrs. Masham.
- Extract from : « When Ghost Meets Ghost » by William Frend De Morgan
- Now and again imitation has been resorted to by well-known masters to flagellate the taste of their own day.
- Extract from : « Chats on Old Sheffield Plate » by Arthur Hayden
- The endoderm has cylindrical cells, each one of which has a flagellate hair.
- Extract from : « The Sea-beach at Ebb-tide » by Augusta Foote Arnold
Antonyms for flagellate
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