Word of the Day:
agitate
What It Means
To disturb or excite; to perturb or stir up (a person).
To cause to move with a violent, irregular action; to shake.
To participate in political agitation (sense 3).
Politicians agitate desperate designs.
Agitate in Context
“NAMBLA is working to build a coalition of gay, lesbian, progressive and civil liberties groups to agitate against the increasing state attacks on gay men who associate with boys.”
Did You Know?
From Middle English agitat(e) (“set in motion”), borrowed from Latin agitātus, perfect passive participle of agitō (“to put in motion”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), frequentative of agō (“to drive, move, push”), see -tō. Cognate with French agiter. See also act and agent.
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