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Word entry · 7 letters

agitate

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"Shake up"

7 letters · collected on this word page

7 lettersPronunciation /ˈæ.d͡ʒɪ.teɪt/Part of speech verbSorted aaegittStarts with AEnds with E1 cluesCommon crossword word
1A2G3I4T5A6T7E

Definitions

  1. change the arrangement or position of

Word origin

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.

Used in a sentence

  • He was greatly agitated by the news.
  • to agitate water in a vessel
  • The wind agitates the sea.

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