Verb

(agitat)

To move with a violent, irregular action; as, the wind agitates the sea; to agitate water in a vessel.

``Winds . . . agitate the air.'' --Cowper.

(rare) To move or actuate.

:(Thomson)

To stir up; to disturb or excite; to perturb; as, he was greatly agitated.

The mind of man is agitated by various passions. --Johnson.

To discuss with great earnestness; to debate; as, a controversy hotly agitated.

:(Boyle)

To revolve in the mind, or view in all its aspects; to contrive busily; to devise; to plot; as, politicians agitate desperate designs.

Verb

(induc)

To lead by persuasion or influence; incite.

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To cause, bring about, lead to.

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(physics) To cause or produce (electric current or a magnetic state) by a physical process of induction.

(logic) To infer by induction.

(obsolete) To lead in, bring in, introduce.

(obsolete) To draw on, place upon.