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Meanings of agitate in English

Portuguese
excitar
Catalan
regirar
Spanish
excitar

Cause to be agitated, excited, or roused.

    excitar
    Portuguese
    agitar
    Catalan
    agitar
    Spanish
    agitar

    Change the arrangement or position of.

        agitar
        Portuguese
        bater
        Catalan
        moure's

        Move very slightly.

              bater
              Portuguese
              sacudir
              Catalan
              agitar
              Spanish
              sacudir

              Move or cause to move back and forth.

                    sacudir
                    Usage of agitate in English
                    1
                    The first notes of the organ were seen to agitate the bearskin.
                    Sandra Belloni — Volume 6
                    2
                    I believe in it, but I mustn't let this man agitate me.
                    Magic seeds
                    3
                    When did a community agitate for a residential unit for psychiatric patients?
                    The Irish Times
                    4
                    Such emotions can spur survivors to agitate for rebuilding neighborhoods, he said.
                    Reuters
                    5
                    U.S. politicians have also began to agitate over some of these deals.
                    Reuters
                    6
                    The sight of your child would agitate you and do you harm.
                    Les Misérables
                    7
                    And agitate and scream, and be carried off kicking by the police.
                    A Room with a View
                    8
                    And this contains the precise question which we are now to agitate.
                    Evidences of Christianity
                    9
                    But these are calm passions, which soothe rather than agitate the mind.
                    The Coquette, or, The History of Eliza Wharton / A Novel: Founde...
                    10
                    I wish to write on subjects that will not agitate me much.
                    Among My Books. Second Series
                    11
                    Then occurs that pathetic Greek incident that seems to agitate Jesus so.
                    Quiet Talks about Jesus
                    12
                    I wish to be cool, but these recollections will sometimes agitate me.
                    Tales of a Traveller
                    13
                    He did not like to agitate her with another interview, so soon.
                    The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 107, September, 1866 / A Ma...
                    14
                    Long did the tendency awakened by Arnold's principles continue to agitate Rome.
                    The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 05 / (From Charlem...
                    15
                    What could have happened to so agitate him in these inaccessible regions?
                    The Cross of Berny; Or, Irene's Lovers
                    16
                    Why is it that a private grief should agitate you so deeply?
                    Letters of Marcus Tullius Cicero
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                    Translations for agitate
                    Agitate through the time
                    Agitate across language varieties
                    United Kingdom
                    Common
                    United States of America
                    Less common