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agitate
English
Etymology
From Middle English, from Latin agitatus, past participle of agitare (“to put in motion”), from agere (“to move”). Compare with French agiter. See act, agent.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, US) IPA(key): /?æ.d??.te?t/
Verb
agitate (third-person singular simple present agitates, present participle agitating, simple past and past participle agitated)
- (transitive) To disturb or excite; to perturb or stir up (a person). [from 16th c.]
- (transitive) To cause to move with a violent, irregular action; to shake. [from 16th c.]
- 1830, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, Paul Clifford
- It was a dark and stormy night; the rain fell in torrents — except at occasional intervals, when it was checked by a violent gust of wind which swept up the streets (for it is in London that our scene lies), rattling along the housetops, and fiercely agitating the scanty flame of the lamps that struggled against the darkness.
- 1830, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, Paul Clifford
- (transitive, obsolete) To set in motion; to actuate. [16th–18th c.]
- (transitive, now rare) To discuss or debate. [from 16th c.]
- 1790, Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Men:
- Your speech at the time a bill for the regency was agitated now lies before me.
- 1790, Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Men:
- (transitive, now rare) To revolve in the mind, or view in all its aspects; to consider, to devise. [from 17th c.]
Synonyms
- (discuss actively): discuss, debate, canvass
- move, shake, excite, rouse, disturb, distract, revolve
Antonyms
- (stir up): appease, calm, quieten
Related terms
- agitation
- agitator
- agitatee
- agitable
- inagitable
Translations
Further reading
- agitate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- agitate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- agitate at OneLook Dictionary Search
Esperanto
Adverb
agitate
- present adverbial passive participle of agiti
Ido
Verb
agitate
- adverbial present passive participle of agitar
Italian
Adjective
agitate f
- feminine plural of agitato
Anagrams
- gattaie
Latin
Verb
agit?te
- second-person plural present active imperative of agit?
Scots
Etymology
From Middle English, from Latin agitatus. Cognate with English agitate.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??d??tet/
Verb
agitate (third-person singular present agitates, present participle agitatin, past agitatit, past participle agitate)
- to agitate
References
- “agitate” in Eagle, Andy, editor, The Online Scots Dictionary[1], 2016.
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popple
English
Alternative forms
- pople
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?p?pl?/
Etymology 1
From Middle English popul, popil, from Old English popul, from Latin populus.
Noun
popple (plural popples)
- (dialect) poplar
- 1911, Highways and byways of the Great Lakes, The Macmillan company, page 264
- Some of them had recently built a pulp mill, and he called my attention to the young growths of "popple" we could see from the car window and remarked: "There's good pulp material in those trees, but it's not easy to get 'em cut. You'll strike lots of Catholic lumber-jacks who won't have anything to do with cutting a popple tree, and they won't cross a bridge or sleep in a house that has popple wood in it. There's a tradition that the cross on which Christ was crucified was of popple, and they say the wood was cursed on that account.
- 1911, Highways and byways of the Great Lakes, The Macmillan company, page 264
Etymology 2
From Middle English poplen, possibly from Middle Dutch, of imitative origin.
Noun
popple (plural popples)
- Choppy water; the motion or sound of agitated water (as from boiling or wind).
Verb
popple (third-person singular simple present popples, present participle poppling, simple past and past participle poppled)
- Of water, to move in a choppy, bubbling, or tossing manner.
- To move quickly up and down; to bob up and down, like a cork on rough water.
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References
- popple at OneLook Dictionary Search
- popple in Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged © 2002
- popple in the American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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