agitants

Noun

agitant (plural agitants)

1. A person who agitates.
   • Now am I ready for any Plot; I’ll go find some of these Agitants, and fill up a blank Commission with my Name.1665, Robert Howard, The Committee, Act III, Scene 1, in Five New Plays, London: Henry Herringman, 1692 p. 77

   Synonyms:

   agitator

2. A thing that agitates.
   • If melancholy humours most abound,
     The dreams distractive, and the sleep unsound,
     And Hypochondriac megrims start and twitch,
     Black spirits rise, and temptingly bewitch,
     Ten drops of poppy nectar, freshly pressed,
     Will lay the peccant agitants at rest.1833, Nathan Hale, “The Tavern Doctor”, in Notes Made during an Excursion to the Highlands of New Hampshire and Lake Winnipiseogee, Andover, MA, page 175

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