Agitate \Ag"i*tate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Agitated}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Agitating}.] [L. agitatus, p. p. of agitare to put in
   motion, fr. agere to move: cf. F. agiter. See {Act},
   {Agent}.]
   1. To move with a violent, irregular action; as, the wind
      agitates the sea; to agitate water in a vessel. "Winds . .
      . agitate the air." --Cowper.
      
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   2. To move or actuate. [R.] --Thomson.
      
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   3. To stir up; to disturb or excite; to perturb; as, he was
      greatly agitated.
      
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            The mind of man is agitated by various passions.
                                                  --Johnson.
      
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   4. To discuss with great earnestness; to debate; as, a
      controversy hotly agitated. --Boyle.
      
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   5. To revolve in the mind, or view in all its aspects; to
      contrive busily; to devise; to plot; as, politicians
      agitate desperate designs.
      
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   Syn: To move; shake; excite; rouse; disturb; distract;
        revolve; discuss; debate; canvass.
        
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agitated \agitated\ adj.
   1. troubled emotionally and usually deeply. Opposite of
      {unagitated}. agitated parents

   Note: Narrower terms are: {demoniac, demoniacal ; distraught,
         overwrought; {disturbed, jolted, shaken}; {feverish,  hectic}; {frantic, frenetic, phrenetic, frenzied};
         {psychedelic ; {rampageous, raging, frenzied ;
         {wild-eyed . Also See: discomposed, excited, impatient,
         tense, unquiet, unsteady.
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   2. 1 throwing oneself from side to side.

   Syn: tossing
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   3. physically disturbed or set in motion; as, the agitated
      mixture foamed and bubbled. Opposite of {unagitated} and
      {left alone}, {allowed to stand}.

   Note: [Narrower terms are: {churning, churned-up, roiling,
         roiled, roily, turbulent ; {stirred}.]
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