Agitated : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Agitated	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
agitated adj troubled emotionally and usually deeply; "agitated parents" Antonym(s): unagitated physically disturbed or set in motion; "the agitated mixture foamed and bubbled" Antonym(s): unagitated
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Agitate \Ag"itate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Agitated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Agitating}.] [L. agitatus, p. p. of agitare to put in motion, fr. agere to move: cf. F. agiter. See {Act}, {Agent}.] 1. To move with a violent, irregular action; as, the wind agitates the sea; to agitate water in a vessel. [bd]Winds . . . agitate the air.[b8] --Cowper. 2. To move or actuate. [R.] --Thomson. 3. To stir up; to disturb or excite; to perturb; as, he was greatly agitated. The mind of man is agitated* by various passions. --Johnson. 4. To discuss with great earnestness; to debate; as, a controversy hotly agitated. --Boyle. 5. To revolve in the mind, or view in all its aspects; to contrive busily; to devise; to plot; as, politicians agitate desperate designs. Syn: To move; shake; excite; rouse; disturb; distract; revolve; discuss; debate; canvass.