To stir up public curiosity about an underlying cause: agitate for a tax reduction.
verb:
to go with a violent, unusual activity; since, the wind agitates the sea; to agitate liquid in a vessel.
to maneuver or actuate. --Thomson.
To stir up; to disturb or stimulate; to perturb; because, he was considerably agitated.
to talk about with great earnestness; to debate; since, a controversy hotly agitated. --Boyle.
To revolve when you look at the brain, or view in every its aspects; to contrive busily; to devise; to land; as, politicians agitate desperate designs.
replace the arrangement or place of
move very a little
exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to get an end or take part in a crusade for a particular cause or person; be an advocate for
To move backward and forward; impart regular motion to.
to go or force into violent unusual action; shake or move briskly; excite physically: as, the wind agitates the sea; to agitate liquid in a vessel.
To interrupt, or stimulate into tumult; perturb.
to talk about: debate; phone attention to by speech or writing: as, to agitate the question of free trade.
to think about on all edges; revolve in mind, or view in most its aspects; plan.
Synonyms and also to rouse, stir up, ruffle, discompose.5 and also to canvass, deliberate upon.
To engage in agitation; arouse or make an effort to arouse public interest, such as some governmental or social question: as, he attempted to agitate in the united kingdom.
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