Meaning 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.