agitate
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[edit] Etymology
From Latin agitatus, past participle of agitare (“‘to put in motion’”) < agere (“‘to move’”). Compare with French agiter. See act, agent.
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(RP) IPA: /ˈæ.dʒɪ.teɪt/ SAMPA: /"a.dZI.teIt/ (WEAE) IPA: /ˈæ.ʤɪ.tet/
[edit] Verb
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to agitate (third-person singular simple present agitates, present participle agitating, simple past and past participle agitated)
- To move with a violent, irregular action; as, the wind agitates the sea; to agitate water in a vessel.
- ``Winds . . . agitate the air. --Cowper.
- (rare) To move or actuate. --Thomson.
- To stir up; to disturb or excite; to perturb; as, he was greatly agitated.
- The mind of man is agitated by various passions. --Johnson.
- To discuss with great earnestness; to debate; as, a controversy hotly agitated. --Boyle.
- To revolve in the mind, or view in all its aspects; to contrive busily; to devise; to plot; as, politicians agitate desperate designs.
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to move with a violent, irregular action
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to move or actuate
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to stir up, to disturb or excite
to discuss with great earnestness; to debate
to revolve in the mind, or view in all its aspects
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[edit] External links
- agitate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- agitate in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- agitate at OneLook® Dictionary Search
[edit] Italian
[edit] Adjective
agitate f.
- Feminine form of agitato.
[edit] Anagrams
- Anagrams of aaegitt
- gattaie
