AGITATE
\ˈad͡ʒɪtˌe͡ɪt], \ˈadʒɪtˌeɪt], \ˈa_dʒ_ɪ_t_ˌeɪ_t]\
Definitions of AGITATE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
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cause to be agitated, excited, or roused; "The speaker charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks"
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move or cause to move back and forth; "The chemist shook the flask vigorously"; "My hands were shaking"
By Princeton University
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cause to be agitated, excited, or roused; "The speaker charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To move with a violent, irregular action; as, the wind agitates the sea; to agitate water in a vessel.
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To move or actuate.
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To stir up; to disturb or excite; to perturb; as, he was greatly agitated.
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To discuss with great earnestness; to debate; as, a controversy hotly agitated.
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To revolve in the mind, or view in all its aspects; to contrive busily; to devise; to plot; as, politicians agitate desperate designs.
By Oddity Software
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To move with a violent, irregular action; as, the wind agitates the sea; to agitate water in a vessel.
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To move or actuate.
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To stir up; to disturb or excite; to perturb; as, he was greatly agitated.
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To discuss with great earnestness; to debate; as, a controversy hotly agitated.
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To revolve in the mind, or view in all its aspects; to contrive busily; to devise; to plot; as, politicians agitate desperate designs.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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