agitatory

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

agitate +‎ -ory

Adjective[edit]

agitatory (not comparable)

  1. Serving to agitate.
    • 1877, anonymous translator, Arcana Coelestia: The Heavenly Arcana Contained in the Holy Scriptures Or Word of the Lord Unfolded, Beginning with the Book of Genesis: Together with Wonderful Things Seen in the World of Spirits and in the Heaven of Angels, Volume 5, page 605 (originally published in Latin as "Arcana Cœlestia" by Emanuel Swedenborg, 1749)
      [] the agitatory spirits of this province came, and agitated him miserably, which I was sorry for, and in vain desired to prevent.