(v) :
to move with a violent, irregular action; as, the wind agitates the sea; to agitate water in a vessel. ``Winds . . . agitate the air. --Cowper; to move or actuate. [R.] --Thomson
"the mind of man is agitated by various passions. --Johnson."
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(v) :
to move with a violent, irregular action; as, the wind agitates the sea; to agitate water in a vessel. ``Winds . . . agitate the air. --Cowper; to move or actuate. [R.] --Thomson
"the mind of man is agitated by various passions. --Johnson."