- (v.t.) To move or actuate.
- (v.t.) To revolve in the mind or view in all its aspects; to contrive busily; to devise; to plot; as, politicians agitate desperate designs.
- (v.t.) To stir up; to disturb or excite; to perturb; as, he was greatly agitated.
- (v.t.) To discuss with great earnestness; to debate; as, a controversy hotly agitated.
- (v.t.) To move with a violent, irregular action; as, the wind agitates the sea; to agitate water in a vessel.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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