The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Flagellate \Fla*gel"late\, a.
   1. Flagelliform.
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   2. (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the Flagellata.
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   3. Having a flagellum or flagella.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

flagellate
    adj 1: having or resembling a lash or whip (as does a flagellum)
           [syn: flagellate, flagellated, whiplike, lash-
           like]
    n 1: a usually nonphotosynthetic free-living protozoan with
         whiplike appendages; some are pathogens of humans and other
         animals [syn: flagellate, flagellate protozoan,
         flagellated protozoan, mastigophoran, mastigophore]
    v 1: whip; "The religious fanatics flagellated themselves" [syn:
         flagellate, scourge]