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.