"agitatory" meaning in English

See agitatory in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: agitate + -ory Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|agitate|-ory}} agitate + -ory Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} agitatory (not comparable)
  1. Serving to agitate. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-agitatory-en-adj-2Zo3QrZf Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ory

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          "ref": "1877, anonymous translator, Arcana Coelestia: The Heavenly Arcana Contained in the Holy Scriptures Or Word of the Lord Unfolded, Beginning with the Book of Genesis: Together with Wonderful Things Seen in the World of Spirits and in the Heaven of Angels, Volume 5, page 605 (originally published in Latin as \"Arcana Cœlestia\" by Emanuel Swedenborg, 1749)",
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