Agitate

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To cause to move with violence or sudden force.
  • v. To upset; disturb: was agitated by the alarming news.
  • v. To arouse interest in (a cause, for example) by use of the written or spoken word; debate.
  • verb-intransitive. To stir up public interest in a cause: agitate for a tax reduction.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To move with a violent, irregular action; as, the wind agitates the sea; to agitate water in a vessel.
  • v. To move or actuate. --Thomson.
  • v. To stir up; to disturb or excite; to perturb; as, he was greatly agitated.
  • v. To discuss with great earnestness; to debate; as, a controversy hotly agitated. --Boyle.
  • v. To revolve in the mind, or view in all its aspects; to contrive busily; to devise; to plot; as, politicians agitate desperate designs.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To move with a violent, irregular action
  • v. To move or actuate.
  • v. To stir up; to disturb or excite; to perturb.
  • v. To discuss with great earnestness; to debate.
  • v. To revolve in the mind, or view in all its aspects; to contrive busily; to devise; to plot.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To move or actuate; maintain the action of.
  • To move to and fro; impart regular motion to.
  • To move or force into violent irregular action; shake or move briskly; excite physically: as, the wind agitates the sea; to agitate water in a vessel.
  • To disturb, or excite into tumult; perturb.
  • To discuss: debate; call attention to by speech or writing: as, to agitate the question of free trade.
  • To consider on all sides; revolve in the mind, or view in all its aspects; plan.
  • Synonyms and To rouse, stir up, ruffle, discompose.5 and To canvass, deliberate upon.
  • To engage in agitation; arouse or attempt to arouse public interest, as in some political or social question: as, he set out to agitate in the country.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. change the arrangement or position of
  • v. move very slightly
  • v. 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
  • v. move or cause to move back and forth
  • v. try to stir up public opinion
  • v. cause to be agitated, excited, or roused
  • Verb Form
    agitated    agitates    agitating   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    move    advertize    advertise    promote    push   
    Cross Reference
    discuss   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    canvass    rouse    revolve    discuss    shake    debate    distract    excite    disturb    move   
    Same Context
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