v.
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[often as adj. agitated]
make troubled or nervous.
- campaign to arouse public concern about an issue.
- stir or disturb (a liquid) briskly.
Derivative
- agitatedly adv.
- agitation n.
- agitator n.
Etymology
ME (in the sense ‘drive away’): from L. agitat-, agitare ‘agitate, drive’, frequentative of agere ‘do, drive’.