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 Definitions of agitate  [ˈædʒ ɪˌteɪt]  

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Definition of 'agitate' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (v.t.) agitate
to move or force into violent, irregular action.

2.  agitate
to shake or move briskly.

3.  agitate
to disturb or excite emotionally; perturb.

4.  agitate
to call attention to by speech or writing; discuss; debate.

5. (v.i.) agitate
to arouse or attempt to arouse public interest and support, as in a political or social cause.

Etymology:  (1580–90; < L agitātus, ptp. of agitāre freq. of agere to drive, do, act)

Definition of 'agitate' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (verb) agitate, foment, stir up
try to stir up public opinion

2. (verb) agitate, rouse, turn on, charge, commove, excite, charge up
cause to be agitated, excited, or roused
"The speaker charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks"

3. (verb) crusade, fight, press, campaign, push, agitate
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
"The liberal party pushed for reforms"; "She is crusading for women's rights"; "The Dean is pushing for his favorite candidate"

4. (verb) stir, shift, budge, agitate
move very slightly
"He shifted in his seat"

5. (verb) shake, agitate
move or cause to move back and forth
"The chemist shook the flask vigorously"; "My hands were shaking"

6. (verb) agitate, vex, disturb, commove, shake up, stir up, raise up
change the arrangement or position of


Definition of 'agitate' Webster Dictionary 

1. (verb) agitate
to move with a violent, irregular action; as, the wind agitates the sea; to agitate water in a vessel

2. (verb) agitate
to move or actuate

3. (verb) agitate
to stir up; to disturb or excite; to perturb; as, he was greatly agitated

4. (verb) agitate
to discuss with great earnestness; to debate; as, a controversy hotly agitated

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


Translation of 'agitate' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: to make (someone) excited and anxious
The news agitated her.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: verontrus Arabic flag Arabic: يُقْلِق، يُثِير، يُهِيج ا Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: раздвижвам
Brazilian flag Brazilian: agitar Czech flag Czech: vzrušit, zneklidnit German flag German: beunruhigen
Danish flag Danish: gøre nervøs; forurolige Greek flag Greek: ταράζω Spanish flag Spanish: agitar
Estonian flag Estonian: erutama Farsi flag Farsi: سراسیمه کردن Finnish flag Finnish: tehdä levottomaksi
French flag French: agiter Hebrew flag Hebrew: לְהַדאִיג Hindi flag Hindi: उत्तेजित करना
Croatian flag Croatian: uznemiriti Hungarian flag Hungarian: felizgat Indonesian flag Indonesian: menggetarkan
Icelandic flag Icelandic: komaúr jafnvægi Italian flag Italian: agitare Japanese flag Japanese: かき乱す
Korean flag Korean: (마음을) 동요시키다 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: (su)jaudinti, (su)kelti n Latvian flag Latvian: satraukt; uzbudināt
Malay flag Malay: menguja Dutch flag Dutch: verontrusten Norwegian flag Norwegian: ryste, skake opp
Polish flag Polish: poruszać, wstrząsać Persian flag Persian: سراسیمه کردن Pashto flag Pashto: د خلکو احساسات راپارول
Portuguese flag Portuguese: agitar Romanian flag Romanian: a tulbura Russian flag Russian: (вз)волновать
Slovak flag Slovak: rozrušiť Slovenian flag Slovenian: vznemiriti Serbian flag Serbian: uzrujati
Swedish flag Swedish: uppröra Thai flag Thai: ทำให้เป็นกังวล Turkish flag Turkish: kaygılandırmak, endişelen
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 使焦慮 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: хвилювати; збуджувати Urdu flag Urdu: ہل چل مچانا ،
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: làm bối rối Chinese flag Chinese: 使焦虑

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