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{
"antonyms": [
{
"sense": "antonym(s) of \"stir up\"",
"word": "appease"
},
{
"sense": "antonym(s) of \"stir up\"",
"word": "calm"
},
{
"sense": "antonym(s) of \"stir up\"",
"word": "quieten"
}
],
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"word": "agitate the communicator"
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"word": "agitative"
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"word": "overagitate"
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"etymology_text": "From Middle English, from Latin agitatus, past participle of agitare (“to put in motion”), from agere (“to move”). Compare with French agiter. See act, agent.",
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{
"text": "He was greatly agitated by the news.",
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"To disturb or excite; to perturb or stir up (a person)."
],
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],
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"(transitive) To disturb or excite; to perturb or stir up (a person)."
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"roman": "vǎlnuvam",
"sense": "to stir up, to disturb or excite",
"word": "вълнувам"
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"sense": "to stir up, to disturb or excite",
"word": "възбуждам"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to stir up, to disturb or excite",
"word": "ravistella"
},
{
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to stir up, to disturb or excite",
"word": "aufwiegeln"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 4 2 7 2 4",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to stir up, to disturb or excite",
"word": "aufregen"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 4 2 7 2 4",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to stir up, to disturb or excite",
"word": "aufrühren"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 4 2 7 2 4",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to stir up, to disturb or excite",
"word": "erregen"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 4 2 7 2 4",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to stir up, to disturb or excite",
"word": "durcheinander bringen"
},
{
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to stir up, to disturb or excite",
"word": "aus der Fassung bringen"
},
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"roman": "tarássō",
"sense": "to stir up, to disturb or excite",
"word": "ταράσσω"
},
{
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"code": "grc",
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"sense": "to stir up, to disturb or excite",
"word": "ἀνασείω"
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to stir up, to disturb or excite",
"word": "agitare"
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "to stir up, to disturb or excite",
"word": "turbare"
},
{
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"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "aoru",
"sense": "to stir up, to disturb or excite",
"word": "煽る"
},
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"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "sendō suru",
"sense": "to stir up, to disturb or excite",
"word": "扇動する"
},
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"code": "la",
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"sense": "to stir up, to disturb or excite",
"word": "turbō"
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"code": "mi",
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"sense": "to stir up, to disturb or excite",
"word": "whakaoioi"
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"code": "mi",
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"sense": "to stir up, to disturb or excite",
"word": "oi"
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"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"sense": "to stir up, to disturb or excite",
"word": "آشفتن"
},
{
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"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"sense": "to stir up, to disturb or excite",
"word": "پریشان کردن"
},
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to stir up, to disturb or excite",
"word": "agitar"
},
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"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to stir up, to disturb or excite",
"word": "agita"
},
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to stir up, to disturb or excite",
"word": "perturbar"
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"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to stir up, to disturb or excite",
"word": "uppröra"
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"lang": "Tocharian B",
"sense": "to stir up, to disturb or excite",
"word": "wālts-"
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"sense": "to stir up, to disturb or excite",
"word": "sarsmak"
}
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"text": "the wind agitates the sea",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "to agitate water in a vessel",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "1830, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, Paul Clifford",
"text": "It was a dark and stormy night; the rain fell in torrents — except at occasional intervals, when it was checked by a violent gust of wind which swept up the streets (for it is in London that our scene lies), rattling along the housetops, and fiercely agitating the scanty flame of the lamps that struggled against the darkness.",
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],
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"To cause to move with a violent, irregular action; to shake."
],
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"shake",
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],
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"(transitive) To cause to move with a violent, irregular action; to shake."
],
"tags": [
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],
"translations": [
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "razbǎrkvam",
"sense": "to move with a violent, irregular action",
"word": "разбърквам"
},
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to move with a violent, irregular action",
"word": "hämmentää"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 78 2 7 3 5",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to move with a violent, irregular action",
"word": "axitar"
},
{
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to move with a violent, irregular action",
"word": "aufwühlen"
},
{
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to move with a violent, irregular action",
"word": "aufrühren"
},
{
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "to move with a violent, irregular action",
"word": "rühren"
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{
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to move with a violent, irregular action",
"word": "schütteln"
},
{
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to move with a violent, irregular action",
"word": "umrühren"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 78 2 7 3 5",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to move with a violent, irregular action",
"word": "durchrühren"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 78 2 7 3 5",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to move with a violent, irregular action",
"word": "aufwirbeln"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 78 2 7 3 5",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to move with a violent, irregular action",
"word": "agitare"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 78 2 7 3 5",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to move with a violent, irregular action",
"word": "scuotere"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 78 2 7 3 5",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to move with a violent, irregular action",
"word": "sbattere"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 78 2 7 3 5",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kakimidasu",
"sense": "to move with a violent, irregular action",
"word": "掻き乱す"
},
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"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to move with a violent, irregular action",
"word": "ori"
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{
"_dis1": "6 78 2 7 3 5",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to move with a violent, irregular action",
"word": "agitar"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 78 2 7 3 5",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to move with a violent, irregular action",
"word": "agita"
},
{
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"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "iṅgati",
"sense": "to move with a violent, irregular action",
"word": "इङ्गति"
},
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to move with a violent, irregular action",
"word": "agitar"
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to move with a violent, irregular action",
"word": "röra om"
},
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"sense": "to move with a violent, irregular action",
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"ref": "1981 August 1, Mitzel, “NAMBLA Says National Crackdown Starting”, in Gay Community News, page 3",
"text": "NAMBLA is working to build a coalition of gay, lesbian, progressive and civil liberties groups to agitate against the increasing state attacks on gay men who associate with boys.",
"type": "quotation"
}
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"To participate in political agitation (sense 3)."
],
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"To set in motion; to actuate."
],
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"(transitive, obsolete) To set in motion; to actuate."
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "razdvižvam",
"sense": "to move or actuate",
"word": "раздвижвам"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to move or actuate",
"word": "hämmentää"
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{
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"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to move or actuate",
"word": "axitar"
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"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to move or actuate",
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"word": "agitować"
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"sense": "to move or actuate",
"word": "agitar"
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"sense": "to move or actuate",
"word": "agita"
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"sense": "to move or actuate",
"word": "röra om"
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"sense": "to move or actuate",
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"To discuss or debate."
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"(transitive, now rare) To discuss or debate."
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to discuss with great earnestness; to debate",
"word": "debattieren"
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{
"_dis1": "3 6 1 14 62 15",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to discuss with great earnestness; to debate",
"word": "diskutieren"
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{
"text": "politicians agitate desperate designs",
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}
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"To mull over, or think deeply about; to consider, to devise."
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"word": "appease"
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"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
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"word": "agitate the communicator"
},
{
"word": "agitative"
},
{
"word": "agitatory"
},
{
"word": "circumagitate"
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{
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{
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"word": "reagitate"
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"word": "agitant"
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{
"word": "agitatee"
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"word": "agitatrix"
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"word": "inagitable"
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"text": "He was greatly agitated by the news.",
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"perturb"
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"stir up"
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"(transitive) To disturb or excite; to perturb or stir up (a person)."
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"English terms with usage examples",
"English transitive verbs",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned"
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"text": "the wind agitates the sea",
"type": "example"
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"text": "to agitate water in a vessel",
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"ref": "1830, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, Paul Clifford",
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"(transitive) To cause to move with a violent, irregular action; to shake."
],
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"transitive"
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{
"ref": "1981 August 1, Mitzel, “NAMBLA Says National Crackdown Starting”, in Gay Community News, page 3",
"text": "NAMBLA is working to build a coalition of gay, lesbian, progressive and civil liberties groups to agitate against the increasing state attacks on gay men who associate with boys.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"To participate in political agitation (sense 3)."
],
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[
"agitation",
"agitation"
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]
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{
"categories": [
"English terms with obsolete senses",
"English transitive verbs"
],
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"To set in motion; to actuate."
],
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"actuate",
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"(transitive, obsolete) To set in motion; to actuate."
],
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"obsolete",
"transitive"
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},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with rare senses",
"English transitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"To discuss or debate."
],
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"discuss",
"discuss"
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[
"debate",
"debate"
]
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"(transitive, now rare) To discuss or debate."
],
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"archaic",
"transitive"
]
},
{
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"English terms with usage examples",
"English transitive verbs"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "politicians agitate desperate designs",
"type": "example"
}
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"glosses": [
"To mull over, or think deeply about; to consider, to devise."
],
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[
"mull over",
"mull over"
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[
"consider",
"consider"
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"(transitive, now rare) To mull over, or think deeply about; to consider, to devise."
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"transitive"
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"US"
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"sense": "discuss actively",
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},
{
"sense": "discuss actively",
"word": "debate"
},
{
"sense": "discuss actively",
"word": "canvass"
},
{
"word": "move"
},
{
"word": "shake"
},
{
"word": "excite"
},
{
"word": "rouse"
},
{
"word": "disturb"
},
{
"word": "distract"
},
{
"word": "revolve"
}
],
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{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "razbǎrkvam",
"sense": "to move with a violent, irregular action",
"word": "разбърквам"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to move with a violent, irregular action",
"word": "hämmentää"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to move with a violent, irregular action",
"word": "axitar"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to move with a violent, irregular action",
"word": "aufwühlen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to move with a violent, irregular action",
"word": "aufrühren"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to move with a violent, irregular action",
"word": "rühren"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to move with a violent, irregular action",
"word": "schütteln"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to move with a violent, irregular action",
"word": "umrühren"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to move with a violent, irregular action",
"word": "durchrühren"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to move with a violent, irregular action",
"word": "aufwirbeln"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to move with a violent, irregular action",
"word": "agitare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to move with a violent, irregular action",
"word": "scuotere"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to move with a violent, irregular action",
"word": "sbattere"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kakimidasu",
"sense": "to move with a violent, irregular action",
"word": "掻き乱す"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to move with a violent, irregular action",
"word": "ori"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to move with a violent, irregular action",
"word": "agitar"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to move with a violent, irregular action",
"word": "agita"
},
{
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "iṅgati",
"sense": "to move with a violent, irregular action",
"word": "इङ्गति"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to move with a violent, irregular action",
"word": "agitar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to move with a violent, irregular action",
"word": "röra om"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to move with a violent, irregular action",
"word": "sarsmak"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "razdvižvam",
"sense": "to move or actuate",
"word": "раздвижвам"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to move or actuate",
"word": "hämmentää"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to move or actuate",
"word": "axitar"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to move or actuate",
"tags": [
"Middle",
"Polish",
"imperfective"
],
"word": "agitować"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to move or actuate",
"word": "agitar"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to move or actuate",
"word": "agita"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to move or actuate",
"word": "röra om"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to move or actuate",
"word": "sarsmak"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "vǎlnuvam",
"sense": "to stir up, to disturb or excite",
"word": "вълнувам"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "vǎzbuždam",
"sense": "to stir up, to disturb or excite",
"word": "възбуждам"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to stir up, to disturb or excite",
"word": "ravistella"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to stir up, to disturb or excite",
"word": "aufwiegeln"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to stir up, to disturb or excite",
"word": "aufregen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to stir up, to disturb or excite",
"word": "aufrühren"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to stir up, to disturb or excite",
"word": "erregen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to stir up, to disturb or excite",
"word": "durcheinander bringen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to stir up, to disturb or excite",
"word": "aus der Fassung bringen"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "tarássō",
"sense": "to stir up, to disturb or excite",
"word": "ταράσσω"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "anaseíō",
"sense": "to stir up, to disturb or excite",
"word": "ἀνασείω"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to stir up, to disturb or excite",
"word": "agitare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to stir up, to disturb or excite",
"word": "turbare"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "aoru",
"sense": "to stir up, to disturb or excite",
"word": "煽る"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "sendō suru",
"sense": "to stir up, to disturb or excite",
"word": "扇動する"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to stir up, to disturb or excite",
"word": "turbō"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to stir up, to disturb or excite",
"word": "whakaoioi"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to stir up, to disturb or excite",
"word": "oi"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"sense": "to stir up, to disturb or excite",
"word": "آشفتن"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"sense": "to stir up, to disturb or excite",
"word": "پریشان کردن"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to stir up, to disturb or excite",
"word": "agitar"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to stir up, to disturb or excite",
"word": "agita"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to stir up, to disturb or excite",
"word": "perturbar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to stir up, to disturb or excite",
"word": "uppröra"
},
{
"code": "txb",
"lang": "Tocharian B",
"sense": "to stir up, to disturb or excite",
"word": "wālts-"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to stir up, to disturb or excite",
"word": "sarsmak"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to discuss with great earnestness; to debate",
"word": "debattieren"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to discuss with great earnestness; to debate",
"word": "diskutieren"
}
],
"word": "agitate"
}
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