Australian English Meaning of agitate

agitate

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Definitions and Meaning of agitate in English

Wordnet

agitate (v)

try to stir up public opinion

cause to be agitated, excited, or roused

exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; be an advocate for

move very slightly

move or cause to move back and forth

change the arrangement or position of

Webster

agitate (v. t.)

To move with a violent, irregular action; as, the wind agitates the sea; to agitate water in a vessel.

To move or actuate.

To stir up; to disturb or excite; to perturb; as, he was greatly agitated.

To discuss with great earnestness; to debate; as, a controversy hotly agitated.

To revolve in the mind, or view in all its aspects; to contrive busily; to devise; to plot; as, politicians agitate desperate designs.

FAQs About the word agitate

agitate

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agitable => excitable, agistor => Agistor, agistment => agistment, agister => agister, agistator => agistator,