agitate

Pronunciation: /ˈæ.d͡ʒɪ.teɪt/

The English word “agitate” has 6 meanings listed here.

verb

To disturb or excite; to perturb or stir up (a person).
To cause to move with a violent, irregular action; to shake.
To participate in political agitation (sense 3).
To set in motion; to actuate.
To discuss or debate.
To mull over, or think deeply about; to consider, to devise.

Etymology

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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