circumagitate

English

Etymology

circum- +‎ agitate

Verb

circumagitate (third-person singular simple present circumagitates, present participle circumagitating, simple past and past participle circumagitated)

1. (transitive) To agitate on all sides.
   • 1651–1653, Jer[emy] Taylor, ΕΝΙΑΥΤΟΣ [Eniautos]. A Course of Sermons for All the Sundays of the Year. […], 2nd edition, London: […] Richard Royston […], published 1655, →OCLC:

     God […] hath placed his angels in their houses of light , and given to every one of his appointed officers a portion of the fiery matter to circumagitate and roll

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