Definition of Agitate
Agitate
ag·i·tate
Definition/Meaning
(verb)
to shake, stir up, or excite and often trouble the mind or feelings;
e.g. The radicals agitated the crowd with their inflammatory rhetoric, and so there was a mob.
(verb)
to stir something briskly, especially a liquid;
e.g. The lab technician agitated the mixture to dissolve the salt.
(verb)
to arouse public concern about some issue to prompt action;
e.g. The public agitated for reversal of the travel ban.
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