Agitate

Verb

Definitions

1.VerbTo disturb or excite; to perturb or stir up (a person). .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}

"He was greatly agitated by the news."

2.VerbTo cause to move with a violent, irregular action; to shake.

"to agitate water in a vessel; The wind agitates the sea."

3.VerbTo participate in political agitation (sense 3).

4.VerbTo set in motion; to actuate.

5.VerbTo discuss or debate.

6.VerbTo mull over, or think deeply about; to consider, to devise.

"Politicians agitate desperate designs."

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