agitative, a. ? Obs.
(ˈædʒɪˌteɪtɪv)
[f. L. agitāt- (see agitate a.) + -ive, as if ad. L. *agitātīvus.]
Tending to agitate, stir, or move; motive, excitative.
| 1687 H. More App. to Antid. (1712) 221 If a Spirit use his Agitative power moderately. 1753 Chambers Cycl. Supp. s.v., The agitative force of the pendulum arises from three things. |