2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Agitate \Ag"i*tate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Agitated}; p. pr &
vb n. {Agitating}.] [L. agitatus p. p. of agitare to put in
motion, fr agere to move: cf F. agiter See {Act},
{Agent}.]
1. To move with a violent, irregular action as the wind
agitates the sea; to agitate water in a vessel. ``Winds .
. . agitate the air.'' --Cowper.
2. To move or actuate. [R.] --Thomson.
3. To stir up to disturb or excite; to perturb; as he was
greatly agitated.
The mind of man is agitated by various passions.
--Johnson.
4. To discuss with great earnestness; to debate; as a
controversy hotly agitated. --Boyle.
5. To revolve in the mind, or view in all its aspects; to
contrive busily; to devise; to plot; as politicians
agitate desperate designs.
Syn: To move shake; excite; rouse; disturb; distract;
revolve; discuss; debate; canvass.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
agitated
adj 1: troubled emotionally and usually deeply; "agitated parents"
[ant: {unagitated}]
2: physically disturbed or set in motion; "the agitated mixture
foamed and bubbled" [ant: {unagitated}]
3: thrown from side to side "a tossing ship" [syn: {tossing}]
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