different between derange vs agitate
derange
English
Etymology
From French déranger, from Old French desrengier (“throw into disorder”), from des- + rengier (“to put into line”), from reng (“line, row”), from a Germanic source. See rank (noun).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /d???e?nd?/
- (US) IPA(key): /di??e?nd?/
- Rhymes: -e?nd?
Verb
derange (third-person singular simple present deranges, present participle deranging, simple past and past participle deranged)
- (transitive, chiefly passive) To cause (someone) to go insane or become deranged.
- (transitive) To cause disorder in (something); to distort from its ideal state.
- (archaic) to disrupt somebody's plans, to inconvenience someone; derail.
Translations
Anagrams
- Redange, agender, angered, en garde, enraged, grandee, grenade
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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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