▪ I. agitating, vbl. n.
(ˈædʒɪteɪtɪŋ)
[f. agitate v. + -ing1.]
The action of moving, disturbing, discussing. (Mostly gerundial.)
| 1667 [See under agitate v. 2]. 1732 Arbuthnot Diet 398 Violent Purging..by agitating the Humours often hurts. 1769 Burke St. of Nat. Wks. 1842 I. 110 Without agitating those vexatious questions. |
▪ II. agitating, ppl. a.
(ˈædʒɪteɪtɪŋ)
[f. agitate v. + -ing2.]
a. Eng. Hist. Acting as agitators. b. Disturbing, exciting.
| a 1671 Fairfax Short Mem. (1699) 119 To prepare a way to this Work, this Agitating Council did first intend to remove all out of the Parliament who were like to oppose them. 1814 Southey Roderick xviii. IX. 162 The active agitating joy that fill'd The vale. 1868 Geo. Eliot F. Holt 47 He trembled under the pressure of some agitating thought. |