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Definition of Agitates
1. agitate [v] - See also: agitate
Lexicographical Neighbors of Agitates
Literary usage of Agitates
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of Woman Suffrage by Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan Brownell Anthony, Matilda Joslyn Gage (1886)
"... Roseville Park—Lucy Stone agitates the Question —State Suffrage Society
Organized in 1867—Conventions—A Memorial to the Legislature—Mary F. Davis—-Rev. ..."
2. Elements of Criticism by Henry Home Kames (1762)
"The dread of a misfortune, however imminent, involving always fome doubt and
uncertainty, agitates the mind, and excites- the imagination: I*ve touch'd the ..."
3. The Romance of the American Theatre by Mary Caroline Crawford (1913)
"... raises her voice and extends her chest; her eyes brighten; she treads like a
sovereign; her voice vibrates, instinct with the passion that agitates her. ..."
4. The Ancient Lowly: A History of the Ancient Working People from the Earliest by Cyrenus Osborne Ward (1888)
"... of Trial and Doubt—Plans of tho Founders of Government Reviewed—Resemblance
of Socrates and Jesus—Parallelisms Drawn—One agitates by Simile, the other, ..."
5. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1875)
"... once to an important result connected with the great question which agitates
at this moment the scientific world, a result which surprised us ourselves, ..."
6. A History of My Time: Memoirs of Chancellor Pasquier by duc Etienne-Denis Pasquier, Edme Armand Gaston Audiffret-Pasquier (1893)
"... opposition to Napoleon's wishes —The Paris Chapter agitates against Cardinal
Maury — Violent allocation by the Emperor, on New Year's Day, 1811, ..."
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