▸ verb: (transitive) To disturb or excite; to perturb or stir up (a person). ▸ verb: (transitive) To cause to move with a violent, irregular action; to shake. ▸ verb: To participate in political agitation (sense 3). ▸ verb: (transitive, obsolete) To set in motion; to actuate. ▸ verb: (transitive, now rare) To discuss or debate. ▸ verb: (transitive, now rare) To mull over, or think deeply about; to consider, to devise.
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