agitate
11agitate — v. 1) to agitate strongly 2) (D; intr.) to agitate against; for (they were agitating for reform) * * * [ ædʒɪteɪt] for (they were agitateing for reform) (D; intr.) to agitate against to agitate strongly …
12agitate — [[t]æ̱ʤɪteɪt[/t]] agitates, agitating, agitated 1) VERB If people agitate for something, they protest or take part in political activity in order to get it. [V for n] The women who worked in these mills had begun to agitate for better conditions …
13agitate — agitable /aj i teuh beuhl/, adj. agitative, adj. /aj i tayt /, v., agitated, agitating. v.t. 1. to move or force into violent, irregular action: The hurricane winds agitated the sea. 2. to shake or move briskly: The machine agitated the mixture.… …
14agitate — verb /ˈæ.dʒɪ.teɪt,ˈæ.ʤɪ.tet/ a) To move with a violent, irregular action; as, the wind agitates the sea; to agitate water in a vessel. Winds . . . agitate the air. Cowper. b) To move or actuate. Thomson. The mind of man is agitated by various… …
15agitate — a|gi|tate [ˈædʒıteıt] v [Date: 1500 1600; : Latin; Origin: , past participle of agitare, from agere; AGENT] 1.) to argue strongly in public for something you want, especially a political or social change agitate for/against ▪ unions agitating for …
16agitate — UK [ˈædʒɪteɪt] / US [ˈædʒɪˌteɪt] verb Word forms agitate : present tense I/you/we/they agitate he/she/it agitates present participle agitating past tense agitated past participle agitated 1) [intransitive] mainly journalism to try to cause social …
17agitate — 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… …
18agitate — verb 1) any mention of Clare agitates my grandmother Syn: upset, perturb, fluster, ruffle, disconcert, unnerve, disquiet, disturb, distress, unsettle, unhinge; informal rattle, faze; discombobulate 2) she agitated for the appointment of more… …
19agitate — verb 1) any mention of Clare agitates my grandmother Syn: upset, fluster, ruffle, disconcert, unnerve, disquiet, disturb, distress, unsettle; informal rattle, faze 2) agitate the solution Syn …
20agitate against — index counter, counteract, countervail Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
