Was (wer) ist Agitate - definition

agitate

1) to agitate strongly

2) (D; intr.) to agitate against; for (they were agitating for reform)

agitate

I. v. a.

Shake, jar, toss, betoss, rock, disturb, trouble (by brisk motion), convulse.

Excite, ruffle, rouse, ferment, disturb, perturb, betoss, toss, stir up, work up.

Fluster, flurry, hurry, confuse, disconcert.

Discuss, controvert, canvass, debate, dispute, investigate, examine, ventilate.

Revolve, consider on all sides, meditate, excogitate, deliberate, contrive, plan, devise.

II. v. n.

Engage in discussion, keep discussion going.

agitate

¦ verb

1. [often as adjective agitated] make troubled or nervous.

2. campaign to arouse public concern about an issue.

3. stir or disturb (a liquid) briskly.

Derivatives

agitatedly adverb

agitation noun

agitator noun

Origin

ME (in the sense 'drive away'): from L. agitat-, agitare 'agitate, drive', frequentative of agere 'do, drive'.

Aussprachebeispiele für Agitate

1. to agitate and speak up.

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2. careful not to startle or agitate him.

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3. when I agitate for my friends to agitate for a carbon price.

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4. daughter's spirit agitate her like this?

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5. because the heat makes the oxygen agitate,

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Beispiele aus Textkorpus für Agitate

1. Why do we not agitate against leaky street lights?

2. Its branches do not maintain an armed, insurgent wing, but seeks to agitate and educate.

3. He worries that the Afghan mission could agitate restive Muslim immigrants at home.

4. Thackeray said it was neither proper nor justified for Indians to agitate in Malaysia.

5. And the fund doesn‘t agitate for social change inside the firms it owns.