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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
agitate/ˈaʤɪteɪt/
verb
  • 1 (often as adj. 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’.



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