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What (who) is Agitate - definition
agitate
v.
1) to agitate strongly
2) (D; intr.) to agitate against; for (they were agitating for reform)
agitate
I. v. a.
1.
Shake, jar, toss, betoss, rock, disturb, trouble (by brisk motion), convulse.
2.
Excite, ruffle, rouse, ferment, disturb, perturb, betoss, toss, stir up, work up.
3.
Fluster, flurry, hurry, confuse, disconcert.
4.
Discuss, controvert, canvass, debate, dispute, investigate, examine, ventilate.
5.
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'.
Examples of use of 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.