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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"
move or cause to move back and forth; "The chemist shook the flask vigorously"; "My hands were shaking"

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

cause to be agitated, excited, or roused; "The speaker charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks"

2011 - English Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

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.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

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.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

To stir violently; discuss; excite; disturb; keep constantly before the public.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

To disturb; to discuss.

1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman

To excite; disturb; shake; discuss.

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

To put into motion; to stir violently; to disturb.

1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.

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