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agitating the communicator

agitating the communicator is the present participle and gerund of agitate the communicator.

Meaning of agitate the communicator

Verb

agitate the communicator (third-person singular simple present agitates the communicator, present participle agitating the communicator, simple past and past participle agitated the communicator)

  1. (archaic, humorous) To ring a bell as a summons.
    • So Tom, Dick, and Harry were obliged to be in waiting on the Captain, who might agitate the communicator any minute, and woe be to him who was not ready to obey the summons.1857, William Wilson Dobie, Recollections of a Visit to Port-Phillip, Australia, in 1852-55, page 29

Questions about agitating the communicator

What is agitating the communicator the present participle and gerund of?
Agitating the communicator is the present participle and gerund of agitate the communicator.

Words near agitating the communicator in the dictionary

  1. agitates
  2. agitates the communicator
  3. agitatest
  4. agitateth
  5. agitating
  6. agitating the communicator
  7. agitatingly
  8. agitation
  9. agitational
  10. agitationally
  11. agitationist

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