agitate

== English == === 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. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, US) IPA(key): /ˈæ.d͡ʒɪ.teɪt/ === Verb === agitate (third-person singular simple present agitates, present participle agitating, simple past and past participle agitated) (transitive) To disturb or excite; to perturb or stir up (a person). [from 16th c.] Synonyms: disturb, unsettle; see also Thesaurus:upset Antonyms: appease, calm, quieten (transitive) To cause to move with a violent, irregular action; to shake. [from 16th c.] Synonyms: move, muddle, roil, shake To participate in political agitation (sense 3). (transitive, obsolete) To set in motion; to actuate. [16th–18th c.] Synonyms: activate, animate, excite, trigger, rouse, set off (transitive, now rare) To discuss or debate. [from 16th c.] Synonyms: discuss, debate, canvass (transitive, now rare) To mull over, or think deeply about; to consider, to devise. [from 17th c.] Synonyms: revolve, ruminate; see also Thesaurus:ponder ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== Further reading ==== “agitate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “agitate”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “agitate”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. == Esperanto == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /aɡiˈtate/ Rhymes: -ate Syllabification: a‧gi‧ta‧te === Adverb === agitate present adverbial passive participle of agiti == Ido == === Verb === agitate adverbial present passive participle of agitar == Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /a.d͡ʒiˈta.te/ Rhymes: -ate Hyphenation: a‧gi‧tà‧te === Verb === agitate inflection of agitare: second-person plural present indicative/subjunctive second-person plural imperative === Participle === agitate feminine plural of agitato === Adjective === agitate feminine plural of agitato === Noun === agitate f plural of agitata === Anagrams === gattaie == Latin == === Verb === agitāte second-person plural present active imperative of agitō == Scots == === Etymology === From Middle English, from Latin agitatus. Cognate with English agitate. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /əˈdʒɪtet/ === Verb === agitate (third-person singular simple present agitates, present participle agitatin, simple past agitatit, past participle agitate) to agitate === References === Eagle, Andy, editor (2026), “agitate”, in The Online Scots Dictionary‎[2] == Spanish == === Verb === agitate second-person singular voseo imperative of agitar combined with te