Definition of agitate

• v. t. - To move with a violent, irregular action; as, the wind agitates the sea; to agitate water in a vessel.
• v. t. - To move or actuate.
• v. t. - To stir up; to disturb or excite; to perturb; as, he was greatly agitated.
• v. t. - To discuss with great earnestness; to debate; as, a controversy hotly agitated.
• v. t. - To revolve in the mind, or view in all its aspects; to contrive busily; to devise; to plot; as, politicians agitate desperate designs.
• v. t. - To move with a violent, irregular action; as, the wind agitates the sea; to agitate water in a vessel.
• v. t. - To move or actuate.
• v. t. - To stir up; to disturb or excite; to perturb; as, he was greatly agitated.
• v. t. - To discuss with great earnestness; to debate; as, a controversy hotly agitated.
• v. t. - To revolve in the mind, or view in all its aspects; to contrive busily; to devise; to plot; as, politicians agitate desperate designs.