agitate
Meaning
- (transitive) To disturb or excite; to perturb or stir up (a person).
- (transitive) To cause to move with a violent, irregular action; to shake.
- To participate in political agitation (sense 3).
- (obsolete, transitive) To set in motion; to actuate.
- (archaic, transitive) To discuss or debate.
- (archaic, transitive) To mull over, or think deeply about; to consider, to devise.
Opposite of
appease, calm, quieten
Synonyms
Translations
agitar
agitare
agiter
agitar
opwinden
agitar
agitierenFrequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈæ.d͡ʒɪ.teɪt/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle English agitat(e) (“set in motion”), borrowed from Latin agitātus, perfect passive participle of agitō (“to put in motion”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), frequentative of agō (“to drive, move, push”), see -tō. Cognate with French agiter. See also act and agent.
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