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agitate

v.
US //ˈædʒəˌteɪt// UK //ˈædʒɪtˌeɪt// ag·i·tate Archaic
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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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