agitatev.

Brit.

/ˈadʒᵻteɪt/, U.S.

/ˈædʒəˌteɪt/

Forms: 1500s– agitate; also Scottish pre-1700 agetat, pre-1700 agitat (past participle).

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin agitāt-, agitāre.

Etymology: < classical Latin agitāt-, past participial stem (see -ate suffix³) of agitāre to set in motion, move, to move in a rapid way, to shake, brandish, to arouse, stimulate, stir, excite, to impel, drive, to keep busy or occupied, to disturb, trouble, to busy oneself with, be occupied in, to deal with, manage, control, to be disturbed by, to ponder, consider, to bring up for deliberation, discuss < agere to drive (see act v.) + -itāre -itate suffix. Compare Middle French, French agiter (13th cent. in Old French), Spanish agitar (a1428), Portuguese agitar (1624), Italian agitare (second half of the 13th cent.). Compare earlier agitate adj.With sense 6 compare agitant n. 1, agitator n. 2.

1. transitive. To disturb, perturb, or stir up (the mind, emotions, etc.).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > excitement > exciting > excite [verb (transitive)]

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araisec1374

entalentc1374

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reara1382

raisec1384

commove1393

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heavec1540

erect?1555

inflame1560

to set on gog1560

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suscitate1598

fermentate1599

nettle1599

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worka1616

exagitate1621

foment1621

flush1633

exacuatea1637

ferment1667

to work up1681

pique1697

electrify1748

rattle1781

pump1791

to touch up1796

excite1821

to key up1835

to steam up1909

jazz1916

steam1922

volt1930

whee1949

to fire up1976

geek1984

the mind > emotion > suffering > state of being upset or perturbed > upset or perturb [verb (transitive)]

to-wendc893

mingeOE

dreveOE

angerc1175

sturb?c1225

worec1225

troublec1230

sturble1303

disturbc1305

movea1325

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drubblea1340

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distroublec1369

tempestc1374

outsturba1382

unresta1382

stroublec1384

unquietc1384

conturb1393

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unquemea1400

uneasec1400

discomfita1425

smite?a1425

perturbc1425

pertrouble?1435

inquiet1486

toss1526

alter1529

disquiet1530

turmoil1530

perturbate1533

broil1548

mis-set?1553

shake1567

parbruilyiec1586

agitate1587

roil1590

transpose1594

discompose1603

harrow1609

hurry1611

obturb1623

shog1636

untune1638

alarm1649

disorder1655

begruntlea1670

pother1692

disconcert1695

ruffle1701

tempestuate1702

rough1777

caddle1781

to put out1796

upset1805

discomfort1806

start1821

faze1830

bother1832

to put aback1833

to put about1843

raft1844

queer1845

rattle1865

to turn over1865

untranquillize1874

hack1881

rock1881

to shake up1884

to put off1909

to go (also pass) through a phase1913

to weird out1970

1587 King James VI Let. 26 Jan. in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1824) 1st Ser. III. 18 Knouin quhat divers thochtes have agitat my mynde.

1650 Earl of Monmouth tr. J. F. Senault Man become Guilty v. ii. 259 These base persons..change with every wind, and as their minds are agitated with hatred, love, anger, or pitty, they praise and blame the same thing.

1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 235 This had agitated my Thoughts for two Hours.

1798 T. Brown Observ. Zoonomia xi. 356 Whatever agitates the mind, as violent pain, or grief, or surprise, prevents sleep, by occasioning a large expenditure of sensorial power.

1836 H. Smith Tin Trumpet I. 13 An actor..is never so sure to agitate the souls of his hearers, as when his own is perfectly at ease.

1875 Edinb. Rev. Jan. 121 No enthusiasm is seen to warp his judgment—no dreams of philanthropy to swell and agitate his heart—no love of woman to kindle unrest.

1932 Rotarian Dec. 46/3 It is evident to me that a certain dissatisfaction agitates his mind.

2005 Retail Week (Nexis) 14 Jan. Standing before a roomful of staff to deliver a presentation or company report can agitate the nerves of even the most experienced retail manager.

a. transitive. To perturb or shake up (a person) in mind or feelings; to make worried or nervous.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > excitement > nervous excitement > cause nervous excitement or agitate [verb (transitive)]

to carry away?1529

agitate1591

fermentate1599

tumultuate1616

alarm1620

overwork1645

uncalm1650

flutter1664

pother1692

to set afloata1713

fluctuate1788

fuss1816

tumult1819

to break up1825

rile1857

to steam up1860

to shake up1884

1591 T. Lodge Catharos f. 27^v Frauncis..being agitated with this passion, laid him downe naked in depth of winter in a pit of snowe.

1609 Benet of Canfield Rule of Perfection (new ed.) ii. ii. 135 This ought to be a great comfort, and encouragement to all such as are combated with theyr passions, and agitated with temptations.

1716 B. Griffin Humours of Purgatory i. 14 Don Lopez is unhappily attack'd, affected, agitated, possess'd, &c. with that Sort of Folly we call Hypocondriack, or Melancholy.

1820 P. B. Shelley Œdipus Tyrannus i. i. 15 The gadfly was the same which Juno sent To agitate Io.

1824 T. F. Dibdin Libr. Compan. 89 Frequently agitated with passion and prejudice.

1878 J. R. Seeley Life & Times Stein III. 320 You are alarmed and agitated by the lamentations of those ladies.

1908 E. F. Benson Climber 98 Let us get back to lunch, though I am sure it is little appetite I bring to it. I have been much agitated.

1994 Connecticut Wildlife May 8/2 If you encounter a rattlesnake, back away slowly; quick movements may further agitate this secretive reptile.

b. transitive. To stir up, arouse the feelings of, or provoke (a number of people, a population, etc.), esp. by appeals, propaganda, etc.In recent use with implication of sense 4b.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > excitement > public excitement > stir up (a multitude) [verb (transitive)]

agitate1662

1662 H. Foulis Hist. Wicked Plots i. viii. 56 These actions of the Kirkers makes the King leave the Town, & go to Linlithgow, whereupon they resolve for Warr, the Ministers agitating them.

1760 T. Hepburn Let. from Orkney 42 Factions and parties..at present divide and agitate the people of these islands.

1827 Ann. Reg. 1826 Hist. Europe 45/1 Keeping back unnecessarily the settlement of a question, which, they alleged, was agitating all classes.

1855 G. C. Lewis Inq. Credibility Rom. Hist. xii. §25 Each consul forms a party, and agitates the people in favour of his own views.

1920 Let. 11 Mar. in Meat-packer Legislation: Hearings before Comm. on Agric. Part 15 (U.S. 66th Cong. 2nd Sess.) 1368 If Congress and the political parties keep agitating the people on this particular subject.

1979 M. Matshoba Call me not Man 8 The damn English papers that are busy agitating the kaffirs to demand rights.

2005 O. Pearson Albania in Occup. & War 207 Units..had already been sent..to agitate the villages, to prepare the field.

†a. transitive. To set in motion; to move from a quiet or tranquil state, to actuate; = act v. 4b. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > cause to move [verb (transitive)]

stira1023

icchec1175

wawc1290

movea1382

remble1579

rouse1582

agitate1592

act1597

to put in (also into, to) motion1597

activate1624

actuate1641

animate1646

ferment1667

to feague away1671

to carry about1680

excite1694

jee1722

bestir1813

emotion1831

to set on1855

send1864

motion1929

1592 N. Gyer Eng. Phlebotomy xvi. 164 He [sc. Avicenna] saith in his reason that the humors thereby are agitated, moued, and driuen through the whole body.

1620 T. Shelton tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote III. xxxiv. 244 In the chace..Sleep and Idleness are banished, the Pores are corroborated, the Members agitated.

1635 W. Saltonstall tr. G. Mercator Historia Mundi iii. x. 32 Nor any other spirit but this blast, to be understood to have agitated the whole masse.

1700 N. Beare Resurrection founded on Justice vi. 27 'Tis Ridiculous to imagine, that the more Spiritual and noble Part [sc. the soul], uses the Terrestrial and earthy, as a Tool and Machine, an Instrument only, i. e. barely agitates and moves it.

1748 J. Thomson Castle of Indolence ii. 47 By whom each atom stirs, the planets roll: Who, fills, surrounds, informs, and agitates the whole.

b. transitive. To move backwards and forwards repeatedly; to shake.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > agitate [verb (transitive)]

weigha1000

dreveOE

ruska1300

commovec1374

to-stira1382

busy?c1400

tormenta1492

squalper?1527

toss1557

jumble1568

buskle1573

agitate1599

disturb1599

to work up1615

vex1627

conturbate1657

jerry-mumble1709

rejumble1755

jerrycummumble1785

reesle1903

1599 A. M. tr. O. Gaebelkhover Bk. Physicke 44/1 Take..freshe butter..impose the same in a little dishe, & agitate, or amalgamize the same [Ger. so nim jhn in ein Scherblin oder Schüsselin / rhüre jn].

1621 T. Granger Familiar Expos. Eccles. (vii. 4) 161 The Adamant in the [compass] diall is fickle, & it is vncertaine..what his naturall position is, being violently agitated.

1666 R. Boyle Origine Formes & Qualities 45 In agitating Water into Froth.

1728 J. Woodward Fossils All Kinds ii. 7 Small Fragments of Shells, broken, and reduced into Form of Powder, by Means of Stones..agitated by Tides and Storms.

1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature I. 76 Incessant earthquakes..during which the earth was constantly agitated.

1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 158 The hopper..is agitated by two iron pins on the axis..that alternately raise the vessel containing the grain, which again sinks by its own weight.

1849 M. Somerville On Connexion Physical Sci. (ed. 8) §30. 347 The aurora powerfully agitates the magnet.

1905 H. W. Felter & J. U. Lloyd King's Amer. Dispensatory (ed. 19) II. 1233 Agitate the bottle until the sugar is dissolved.

1936 A. Lowy & B. Harrow Introd. Org. Chem. (ed. 4) xxx. 328 The fabric is immersed directly in the prepared dye bath, heated to the required temperature and agitated for a certain length of time.

1989 Caterer & Hotelkeeper 14 Dec. 13/1 Caterers should make sure food is piping hot, and that it has been agitated in some way.

a. transitive. To discuss, debate, or promote (a subject) as a question to be settled. Also intransitive. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > hold discussions about, debate [verb (transitive)]

dispute1340

discuss1402

reason?c1425

mootc1475

arguea1513

canvass1530

ventilate?1530

deliberate1536

devisea1538

expostulate1573

agitate1598

imparlc1600

exagitate1610

eventilate?1625

altercate1683

litigate1740

spar1744

1598 A. M. tr. J. Guillemeau Frenche Chirurg. vii. v. f. 38^v/1 They have agitated most inmicisiously this disputatione the one agaynst the other without the one, vnderstandinge the other.

1640–4 Order of Commons in J. Rushworth Hist. Coll.: Third Pt. (1692) I. 355 Notes of things brought into the House, Propounded or Agitated in the House.

1643 J. Milton Soveraigne Salve 33 Parliament preparing, discussing, agitating, concluding what is to be done.

a1683 B. Whichcote Sel. Serm. (1698) ii. iv. 369 In the intermediate Ages, many Things have been agitated by the several Parties, and disputed Pro and Con, and yet not agreed about.

1730 R. Holland Short View Nature & Cure Small Pox i. 19 That famous Problem so much agitated with little Success, Why the Small Pox seldom or never visits a Person more than once.

1775 E. Burke Speech Amer. Taxation 38 Before a repeal was so much as agitated in this House.

1785 W. Cowper Tirocinium in Task 130 Points, which unless the Scripture made them plain, The wisest heads might agitate in vain.

1827 Ann. Reg. 1826 125/2 The vote of the House of Lords in the preceding session had convinced the supporters of the measure, that little could be hoped from again so speedily agitating the question [of Catholic Emancipation].

1863 H. Cox Inst. Eng. Govt. i. ii. 285 The question of the revival of licensed printing was repeatedly agitated in Parliament.

1937 Rotarian Apr. 54/3 This is not the only country where the subject of crop insurance has become a very live one. A number of other countries are agitating the subject.

1999 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 6 Nov. 42 The company reserves the right to agitate the issue in court.

b. intransitive. To keep up an agitation; to keep a political or other issue constantly under discussion, so as to arouse public concern and bring about action. Frequently with for.In recent use with overtones of sense 2b.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > excitement > public excitement > stir up or maintain public excitement [verb (intransitive)]

to make a scene of1804

agitate1828

to raise Cain1840

to whoop things up1873

the mind > attention and judgement > attention > attracting attention > arouse attention [verb (intransitive)] > for specific cause

agitate1860

society > authority > rule or government > politics > party politics > [verb (intransitive)] > stir up political enthusiasm

to whoop things up1873

agitate1918

1828 Marquis of Anglesey Let. 26 July in T. Wyse Hist. Sketch Catholic Assoc. Ireland (1829) I. App. p. ccxiii If the Association should cease to agitate, and there were to be any thing like an appearance of moderation.

1860 C. Kingsley Misc. (ed. 2) II. 180 If he wants protection for them, let him agitate for the true protection.

1886 Irish Law Times 26 June 322/2 To agitate for a repeal of the law which forbids women to adopt the forensic profession.

1918 S. Harper in A. Petrunkevitch et al. Russ. Rev. 32 The extremists wished a social revolution, ‘permanent revolution’, class struggle, and they agitated openly and with energy.

1962 Listener 25 Oct. 646/2 Some of the Shans,..agitated for separation from Burma.

2002 Chicago Tribune (Midwest ed.) 10 Nov. i. 7/6 Special interest groups are making their lists and beginning to agitate for attention to their causes.

5. transitive. To be busy with (mentally), consider on all sides, revolve in the mind (as a plan to be executed); to contrive busily. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > intention > planning > plan [verb (transitive)]

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conjectc1380

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advisec1400

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imagec1450

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project1477

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plot1589

platform1592

design1594

chew1600

forelay1605

to map out1618

to cut out1619

agitate1629

laya1631

plod1631

cut1645

calculate1654

concert1702

to scheme out1716

plan1718

model1725

to rough out1738

to lay out1741

plan1755

prethink1760

shape1823

programme1834

pre-plan1847

encompass1882

target1948

the mind > mental capacity > thought > continued thinking, reflection, contemplation > thinking about, consideration, deliberation > consider, deliberate [verb (transitive)]

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showeOE

i-mune971

thinkOE

overthinkOE

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waltc1200

bethinkc1220

wend?c1225

weighc1380

delivera1382

peisea1382

considerc1385

musec1390

to look over ——a1393

advise?c1400

debatec1400

roll?c1400

revert?a1425

advertc1425

deliberc1425

movec1425

musec1425

revolvec1425

contemplec1429

overseec1440

to think overc1440

perpend1447

roil1447

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to eat inc1450

involvec1470

ponderate?a1475

reputec1475

counterpoise1477

poisea1483

traversec1487

umbecast1487

digest1488

undercast1489

overhalec1500

rumble1519

volve?1520

compassa1522

recount1526

trutinate1528

cast1530

expend1531

ruminate1533

concoct1534

contemplate1538

deliberate1540

revolute1553

chawa1558

to turn over1568

cud1569

cogitate1570

huik1570

chew1579

meditatec1580

discourse1581

speculate1599

theorize1599

scance1603

verse1614

pensitate1623

agitate1629

spell1633

study1659

designa1676

introspect1683

troll1685

balance1692

to figure on or upon1837

reflect1862

mull1873

to mull over1874

scour1882

mill1905

1629 W. Crosse tr. Sallust Orations ii. in Wks. 669 A good man sees one that is worse to become more renowned and acceptable by his riches; he stormes at first, and agitateth many things in his minde.

1647 C. Cotterell & W. Aylesbury tr. E. C. Davila Hist. Civill Warres France i. 19 Whilest these things..were agitated at the Court.

1649 Εἰκων Βασιλικη xiv. 113 Formalities of extraordinary zeal and piety are never more studied and elaborate, then, when Politicians most agitate desperate designes.

1671 A. Behn Forc'd Marriage ii. iii. 25 As if your soul were agitating something Contrary to the pleasure of this night.

1873 G. C. Davies Mountain, Meadow & Mere i. 3 Those members of the female sex..who agitate questions they know nothing about.

1919 I. Babbitt Rousseau & Romanticism v. 204 One may agitate problems without number, and yet lack imaginative insight into the abiding element in human nature.

†6. transitive. To do the work involved in (the affairs of another). Also intransitive: to act as an agent or manager. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > delegated authority > action or function of a delegate or deputy > act as delegate or deputy [verb (intransitive)] > manage on behalf of another

agitate1634

brokea1652

society > authority > delegated authority > action or function of a delegate or deputy > act as deputy for [verb (transitive)] > manage on behalf of another

ward1390

steward1621

agitate1634

1634 W. Wood New Englands Prospect ii. x. 80 A King of large Dominions hath his Viceroyes..to agitate his State-affaires.

1654 T. Fuller 2 Serm. 76 Let Painefull Solicitours so honestly Agitate..as knowing they must give an Account to God.

1681 R. Hassell Let. 25 Oct. in R. Law Eng. in W. Afr. (1997) I. 178 I question not but he has been the hearauld of his owne actions and has sufficiently emblazoned his heroick deeds, thinking noe man able to agitate as he hath donn.

1698 B. Keach Display of Glorious Grace ii. 24 Sinners then had no actual Being, or did not exist, and therefore could not send any Plenipotentiary to agitate Matters on their behalf.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	agitate
释义	† agitateadj. Forms: late Middle English agytat, 1500s agitat, 1500s–1600s agitate; Scottish pre-1700 agitat, pre-1700 1700s agitate. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin agitātus, agitāre. Etymology: < classical Latin agitātus lively, agile, animated, brisk, use as adjective of past participle of agitāre agitate v. Compare later agitated adj. Obsolete. Chiefly as past participle. 1. Moved backwards and forwards repeatedly; shaken. ΚΠ J. Metham Amoryus & Cleopes (1916) l. 1025 Onys withdrawe, Agytat off the, precyus modyr, synderesys Fro the eyn off the endyter! ?1527 Iudycyall of Vryns ii. viii. f. xxxiiij Whan..the humours be moche Agitat and moued and stered in the vessels. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry IV f. ix What young man comonly can befounde indued with..so good qualities, whiche agitate & pricked with the heate of youth, shall not turne and decline from the right pathe. 1674 tr. Abu Bakr Ibn A Tufail Acct. Oriental Philos. 21 A certain Clay doth ferment..the matter being agitate bells (or bublings) rose up, as use to be in the bubling of water, because of the great clamminess of it. 2. Scottish. Debated, discussed. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > [adjective] > subjected to discussion discussed1538 agitate1566 agitated1629 bandied1851 canvassed1888 1566 J. Craig et al. Let. 28 Dec. in D. Neal Hist. Puritans (1797) V. App. ii. p. vi We purpose not at this present to enter into the ground of that question which we hear of, either part to be agitate with greater vehemency than well liketh us. 1614 Bp. W. Cowper Dikaiologie 43 You tell me, I could not but know this same matter to haue beene agitate before in the persons of Bishops, Adamsone, and Montgomrie. 1641 R. Baillie Let. 2 June (1841) I. 354 The Bill of abolishing bishops, to be agitat on Thursday. 1648 in G. R. Kinloch Sel. Minutes Presbysteries St. Andrews & Cupar (1837) 38 Mr. James Sharp gave in his theses to be agitate the nixt day. 1661 in Rec. Parl. Scotl. to 1707 (2007) 1661/1/117 The maters agitat, persued and concludit. a1713 J. Stewart Dirleton's Doubts (1715) 54 The Question..cannot be defined à priori, but from the Nature of the Subject, and Causes which are agitate in the Judicatory. 3. Disturbed (in one's mind). ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > state of being upset or perturbed > [adjective] reigheOE drofc1000 druvyOE restlessOE worya1225 forstraughtc1386 unquertc1390 unsaughtc1390 ill (evil) at easea1400 unrofula1400 unquietc1400 unrestya1413 unquieted?a1425 unrestful?c1425 unpeaceda1475 out of quieta1500 inquiet?1504 uneasya1513 perturbed1538 unquietous?1545 disquieted?1548 astraught1564 astraughted1565 agitate1567 turmoiled1570 disquiet1587 distroubled1590 weltered1590 disturbed1593 twitcheda1594 troublesome1596 stract1598 uncomposed1601 discomposed1603 incomposed1608 uncouth1660 unserene1664 chagrin1665 agitated1684 perturbated1704 disordered1711 perturbate1741 chagrineda1754 nervish1760 uncomfortable1796 funked1831 untranquillized1831 streaked1833 striped1839 discomfortable1844 streaky1848 bothered1851 funked out1859 bebothered1866 disorderly1871 fantod1883 rattled1885 aflap1887 shook1891 dicked-up1967 torqued1967 weirded out1973 1567 Test. & Trag. King Henrie Stewart (single sheet) Sum tyme in mynde with anger agitat. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). agitatev. Brit. /ˈadʒᵻteɪt/, U.S. /ˈædʒəˌteɪt/ Forms: 1500s– agitate; also Scottish pre-1700 agetat, pre-1700 agitat (past participle). Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin agitāt-, agitāre. Etymology: < classical Latin agitāt-, past participial stem (see -ate suffix³) of agitāre to set in motion, move, to move in a rapid way, to shake, brandish, to arouse, stimulate, stir, excite, to impel, drive, to keep busy or occupied, to disturb, trouble, to busy oneself with, be occupied in, to deal with, manage, control, to be disturbed by, to ponder, consider, to bring up for deliberation, discuss < agere to drive (see act v.) + -itāre -itate suffix. Compare Middle French, French agiter (13th cent. in Old French), Spanish agitar (a1428), Portuguese agitar (1624), Italian agitare (second half of the 13th cent.). Compare earlier agitate adj.With sense 6 compare agitant n. 1, agitator n. 2. 1. transitive. To disturb, perturb, or stir up (the mind, emotions, etc.). ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > excitement > exciting > excite [verb (transitive)] astirc1000 stir?c1225 araisec1374 entalentc1374 flamec1380 reara1382 raisec1384 commove1393 kindlea1400 fluster1422 esmove1474 talent1486 heavec1540 erect?1555 inflame1560 to set on gog1560 yark1565 tickle1567 flesh1573 concitate1574 rouse1574 warmc1580 agitate1587 spirit1598 suscitate1598 fermentate1599 nettle1599 startle1602 worka1616 exagitate1621 foment1621 flush1633 exacuatea1637 ferment1667 to work up1681 pique1697 electrify1748 rattle1781 pump1791 to touch up1796 excite1821 to key up1835 to steam up1909 jazz1916 steam1922 volt1930 whee1949 to fire up1976 geek1984 the mind > emotion > suffering > state of being upset or perturbed > upset or perturb [verb (transitive)] to-wendc893 mingeOE dreveOE angerc1175 sturb?c1225 worec1225 troublec1230 sturble1303 disturbc1305 movea1325 disturblec1330 drubblea1340 drovec1350 distroublec1369 tempestc1374 outsturba1382 unresta1382 stroublec1384 unquietc1384 conturb1393 mismaya1400 unquemea1400 uneasec1400 discomfita1425 smite?a1425 perturbc1425 pertrouble?1435 inquiet1486 toss1526 alter1529 disquiet1530 turmoil1530 perturbate1533 broil1548 mis-set?1553 shake1567 parbruilyiec1586 agitate1587 roil1590 transpose1594 discompose1603 harrow1609 hurry1611 obturb1623 shog1636 untune1638 alarm1649 disorder1655 begruntlea1670 pother1692 disconcert1695 ruffle1701 tempestuate1702 rough1777 caddle1781 to put out1796 upset1805 discomfort1806 start1821 faze1830 bother1832 to put aback1833 to put about1843 raft1844 queer1845 rattle1865 to turn over1865 untranquillize1874 hack1881 rock1881 to shake up1884 to put off1909 to go (also pass) through a phase1913 to weird out1970 1587 King James VI Let. 26 Jan. in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1824) 1st Ser. III. 18 Knouin quhat divers thochtes have agitat my mynde. 1650 Earl of Monmouth tr. J. F. Senault Man become Guilty v. ii. 259 These base persons..change with every wind, and as their minds are agitated with hatred, love, anger, or pitty, they praise and blame the same thing. 1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 235 This had agitated my Thoughts for two Hours. 1798 T. Brown Observ. Zoonomia xi. 356 Whatever agitates the mind, as violent pain, or grief, or surprise, prevents sleep, by occasioning a large expenditure of sensorial power. 1836 H. Smith Tin Trumpet I. 13 An actor..is never so sure to agitate the souls of his hearers, as when his own is perfectly at ease. 1875 Edinb. Rev. Jan. 121 No enthusiasm is seen to warp his judgment—no dreams of philanthropy to swell and agitate his heart—no love of woman to kindle unrest. 1932 Rotarian Dec. 46/3 It is evident to me that a certain dissatisfaction agitates his mind. 2005 Retail Week (Nexis) 14 Jan. Standing before a roomful of staff to deliver a presentation or company report can agitate the nerves of even the most experienced retail manager. 2. a. transitive. To perturb or shake up (a person) in mind or feelings; to make worried or nervous. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > excitement > nervous excitement > cause nervous excitement or agitate [verb (transitive)] to carry away?1529 agitate1591 fermentate1599 tumultuate1616 alarm1620 overwork1645 uncalm1650 flutter1664 pother1692 to set afloata1713 fluctuate1788 fuss1816 tumult1819 to break up1825 rile1857 to steam up1860 to shake up1884 1591 T. Lodge Catharos f. 27^v Frauncis..being agitated with this passion, laid him downe naked in depth of winter in a pit of snowe. 1609 Benet of Canfield Rule of Perfection (new ed.) ii. ii. 135 This ought to be a great comfort, and encouragement to all such as are combated with theyr passions, and agitated with temptations. 1716 B. Griffin Humours of Purgatory i. 14 Don Lopez is unhappily attack'd, affected, agitated, possess'd, &c. with that Sort of Folly we call Hypocondriack, or Melancholy. 1820 P. B. Shelley Œdipus Tyrannus i. i. 15 The gadfly was the same which Juno sent To agitate Io. 1824 T. F. Dibdin Libr. Compan. 89 Frequently agitated with passion and prejudice. 1878 J. R. Seeley Life & Times Stein III. 320 You are alarmed and agitated by the lamentations of those ladies. 1908 E. F. Benson Climber 98 Let us get back to lunch, though I am sure it is little appetite I bring to it. I have been much agitated. 1994 Connecticut Wildlife May 8/2 If you encounter a rattlesnake, back away slowly; quick movements may further agitate this secretive reptile. b. transitive. To stir up, arouse the feelings of, or provoke (a number of people, a population, etc.), esp. by appeals, propaganda, etc.In recent use with implication of sense 4b. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > excitement > public excitement > stir up (a multitude) [verb (transitive)] agitate1662 1662 H. Foulis Hist. Wicked Plots i. viii. 56 These actions of the Kirkers makes the King leave the Town, & go to Linlithgow, whereupon they resolve for Warr, the Ministers agitating them. 1760 T. Hepburn Let. from Orkney 42 Factions and parties..at present divide and agitate the people of these islands. 1827 Ann. Reg. 1826 Hist. Europe 45/1 Keeping back unnecessarily the settlement of a question, which, they alleged, was agitating all classes. 1855 G. C. Lewis Inq. Credibility Rom. Hist. xii. §25 Each consul forms a party, and agitates the people in favour of his own views. 1920 Let. 11 Mar. in Meat-packer Legislation: Hearings before Comm. on Agric. Part 15 (U.S. 66th Cong. 2nd Sess.) 1368 If Congress and the political parties keep agitating the people on this particular subject. 1979 M. Matshoba Call me not Man 8 The damn English papers that are busy agitating the kaffirs to demand rights. 2005 O. Pearson Albania in Occup. & War 207 Units..had already been sent..to agitate the villages, to prepare the field. 3. †a. transitive. To set in motion; to move from a quiet or tranquil state, to actuate; = act v. 4b. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > cause to move [verb (transitive)] stira1023 icchec1175 wawc1290 movea1382 remble1579 rouse1582 agitate1592 act1597 to put in (also into, to) motion1597 activate1624 actuate1641 animate1646 ferment1667 to feague away1671 to carry about1680 excite1694 jee1722 bestir1813 emotion1831 to set on1855 send1864 motion1929 1592 N. Gyer Eng. Phlebotomy xvi. 164 He [sc. Avicenna] saith in his reason that the humors thereby are agitated, moued, and driuen through the whole body. 1620 T. Shelton tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote III. xxxiv. 244 In the chace..Sleep and Idleness are banished, the Pores are corroborated, the Members agitated. 1635 W. Saltonstall tr. G. Mercator Historia Mundi iii. x. 32 Nor any other spirit but this blast, to be understood to have agitated the whole masse. 1700 N. Beare Resurrection founded on Justice vi. 27 'Tis Ridiculous to imagine, that the more Spiritual and noble Part [sc. the soul], uses the Terrestrial and earthy, as a Tool and Machine, an Instrument only, i. e. barely agitates and moves it. 1748 J. Thomson Castle of Indolence ii. 47 By whom each atom stirs, the planets roll: Who, fills, surrounds, informs, and agitates the whole. b. transitive. To move backwards and forwards repeatedly; to shake. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > agitate [verb (transitive)] weigha1000 dreveOE ruska1300 commovec1374 to-stira1382 busy?c1400 tormenta1492 squalper?1527 toss1557 jumble1568 buskle1573 agitate1599 disturb1599 to work up1615 vex1627 conturbate1657 jerry-mumble1709 rejumble1755 jerrycummumble1785 reesle1903 1599 A. M. tr. O. Gaebelkhover Bk. Physicke 44/1 Take..freshe butter..impose the same in a little dishe, & agitate, or amalgamize the same [Ger. so nim jhn in ein Scherblin oder Schüsselin / rhüre jn]. 1621 T. Granger Familiar Expos. Eccles. (vii. 4) 161 The Adamant in the [compass] diall is fickle, & it is vncertaine..what his naturall position is, being violently agitated. 1666 R. Boyle Origine Formes & Qualities 45 In agitating Water into Froth. 1728 J. Woodward Fossils All Kinds ii. 7 Small Fragments of Shells, broken, and reduced into Form of Powder, by Means of Stones..agitated by Tides and Storms. 1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature I. 76 Incessant earthquakes..during which the earth was constantly agitated. 1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 158 The hopper..is agitated by two iron pins on the axis..that alternately raise the vessel containing the grain, which again sinks by its own weight. 1849 M. Somerville On Connexion Physical Sci. (ed. 8) §30. 347 The aurora powerfully agitates the magnet. 1905 H. W. Felter & J. U. Lloyd King's Amer. Dispensatory (ed. 19) II. 1233 Agitate the bottle until the sugar is dissolved. 1936 A. Lowy & B. Harrow Introd. Org. Chem. (ed. 4) xxx. 328 The fabric is immersed directly in the prepared dye bath, heated to the required temperature and agitated for a certain length of time. 1989 Caterer & Hotelkeeper 14 Dec. 13/1 Caterers should make sure food is piping hot, and that it has been agitated in some way. 4. a. transitive. To discuss, debate, or promote (a subject) as a question to be settled. Also intransitive. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > hold discussions about, debate [verb (transitive)] dispute1340 discuss1402 reason?c1425 mootc1475 arguea1513 canvass1530 ventilate?1530 deliberate1536 devisea1538 expostulate1573 agitate1598 imparlc1600 exagitate1610 eventilate?1625 altercate1683 litigate1740 spar1744 1598 A. M. tr. J. Guillemeau Frenche Chirurg. vii. v. f. 38^v/1 They have agitated most inmicisiously this disputatione the one agaynst the other without the one, vnderstandinge the other. 1640–4 Order of Commons in J. Rushworth Hist. Coll.: Third Pt. (1692) I. 355 Notes of things brought into the House, Propounded or Agitated in the House. 1643 J. Milton Soveraigne Salve 33 Parliament preparing, discussing, agitating, concluding what is to be done. a1683 B. Whichcote Sel. Serm. (1698) ii. iv. 369 In the intermediate Ages, many Things have been agitated by the several Parties, and disputed Pro and Con, and yet not agreed about. 1730 R. Holland Short View Nature & Cure Small Pox i. 19 That famous Problem so much agitated with little Success, Why the Small Pox seldom or never visits a Person more than once. 1775 E. Burke Speech Amer. Taxation 38 Before a repeal was so much as agitated in this House. 1785 W. Cowper Tirocinium in Task 130 Points, which unless the Scripture made them plain, The wisest heads might agitate in vain. View more context for this quotation 1827 Ann. Reg. 1826 125/2 The vote of the House of Lords in the preceding session had convinced the supporters of the measure, that little could be hoped from again so speedily agitating the question [of Catholic Emancipation]. 1863 H. Cox Inst. Eng. Govt. i. ii. 285 The question of the revival of licensed printing was repeatedly agitated in Parliament. 1937 Rotarian Apr. 54/3 This is not the only country where the subject of crop insurance has become a very live one. A number of other countries are agitating the subject. 1999 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 6 Nov. 42 The company reserves the right to agitate the issue in court. b. intransitive. To keep up an agitation; to keep a political or other issue constantly under discussion, so as to arouse public concern and bring about action. Frequently with for.In recent use with overtones of sense 2b. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > excitement > public excitement > stir up or maintain public excitement [verb (intransitive)] to make a scene of1804 agitate1828 to raise Cain1840 to whoop things up1873 the mind > attention and judgement > attention > attracting attention > arouse attention [verb (intransitive)] > for specific cause agitate1860 society > authority > rule or government > politics > party politics > [verb (intransitive)] > stir up political enthusiasm to whoop things up1873 agitate1918 1828 Marquis of Anglesey Let. 26 July in T. Wyse Hist. Sketch Catholic Assoc. Ireland (1829) I. App. p. ccxiii If the Association should cease to agitate, and there were to be any thing like an appearance of moderation. 1860 C. Kingsley Misc. (ed. 2) II. 180 If he wants protection for them, let him agitate for the true protection. 1886 Irish Law Times 26 June 322/2 To agitate for a repeal of the law which forbids women to adopt the forensic profession. 1918 S. Harper in A. Petrunkevitch et al. Russ. Rev. 32 The extremists wished a social revolution, ‘permanent revolution’, class struggle, and they agitated openly and with energy. 1962 Listener 25 Oct. 646/2 Some of the Shans,..agitated for separation from Burma. 2002 Chicago Tribune (Midwest ed.) 10 Nov. i. 7/6 Special interest groups are making their lists and beginning to agitate for attention to their causes. 5. transitive. To be busy with (mentally), consider on all sides, revolve in the mind (as a plan to be executed); to contrive busily. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > intention > planning > plan [verb (transitive)] forethinkc897 bethinka1225 compass1297 contrivec1330 ordain1340 conjectc1380 imaginec1380 cast1382 ordaina1387 advisec1400 forecast1413 imagec1450 ordainc1450 project1477 foreminda1535 invent1539 aimc1540 practise1550 plat1556 trive1573 meditate1582 patterna1586 plot1589 platform1592 design1594 chew1600 forelay1605 to map out1618 to cut out1619 agitate1629 laya1631 plod1631 cut1645 calculate1654 concert1702 to scheme out1716 plan1718 model1725 to rough out1738 to lay out1741 plan1755 prethink1760 shape1823 programme1834 pre-plan1847 encompass1882 target1948 the mind > mental capacity > thought > continued thinking, reflection, contemplation > thinking about, consideration, deliberation > consider, deliberate [verb (transitive)] i-thenchec897 showeOE i-mune971 thinkOE overthinkOE takec1175 umbethinkc1175 waltc1200 bethinkc1220 wend?c1225 weighc1380 delivera1382 peisea1382 considerc1385 musec1390 to look over ——a1393 advise?c1400 debatec1400 roll?c1400 revert?a1425 advertc1425 deliberc1425 movec1425 musec1425 revolvec1425 contemplec1429 overseec1440 to think overc1440 perpend1447 roil1447 pondera1450 to eat inc1450 involvec1470 ponderate?a1475 reputec1475 counterpoise1477 poisea1483 traversec1487 umbecast1487 digest1488 undercast1489 overhalec1500 rumble1519 volve?1520 compassa1522 recount1526 trutinate1528 cast1530 expend1531 ruminate1533 concoct1534 contemplate1538 deliberate1540 revolute1553 chawa1558 to turn over1568 cud1569 cogitate1570 huik1570 chew1579 meditatec1580 discourse1581 speculate1599 theorize1599 scance1603 verse1614 pensitate1623 agitate1629 spell1633 view1637 study1659 designa1676 introspect1683 troll1685 balance1692 to figure on or upon1837 reflect1862 mull1873 to mull over1874 scour1882 mill1905 1629 W. Crosse tr. Sallust Orations ii. in Wks. 669 A good man sees one that is worse to become more renowned and acceptable by his riches; he stormes at first, and agitateth many things in his minde. 1647 C. Cotterell & W. Aylesbury tr. E. C. Davila Hist. Civill Warres France i. 19 Whilest these things..were agitated at the Court. 1649 Εἰκων Βασιλικη xiv. 113 Formalities of extraordinary zeal and piety are never more studied and elaborate, then, when Politicians most agitate desperate designes. 1671 A. Behn Forc'd Marriage ii. iii. 25 As if your soul were agitating something Contrary to the pleasure of this night. 1873 G. C. Davies Mountain, Meadow & Mere i. 3 Those members of the female sex..who agitate questions they know nothing about. 1919 I. Babbitt Rousseau & Romanticism v. 204 One may agitate problems without number, and yet lack imaginative insight into the abiding element in human nature. †6. transitive. To do the work involved in (the affairs of another). Also intransitive: to act as an agent or manager. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > authority > delegated authority > action or function of a delegate or deputy > act as delegate or deputy [verb (intransitive)] > manage on behalf of another agitate1634 brokea1652 society > authority > delegated authority > action or function of a delegate or deputy > act as deputy for [verb (transitive)] > manage on behalf of another ward1390 steward1621 agitate1634 1634 W. Wood New Englands Prospect ii. x. 80 A King of large Dominions hath his Viceroyes..to agitate his State-affaires. 1654 T. Fuller 2 Serm. 76 Let Painefull Solicitours so honestly Agitate..as knowing they must give an Account to God. 1681 R. Hassell Let. 25 Oct. in R. Law Eng. in W. Afr. (1997) I. 178 I question not but he has been the hearauld of his owne actions and has sufficiently emblazoned his heroick deeds, thinking noe man able to agitate as he hath donn. 1698 B. Keach Display of Glorious Grace ii. 24 Sinners then had no actual Being, or did not exist, and therefore could not send any Plenipotentiary to agitate Matters on their behalf. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1449v.1587
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