Agitate
Agitate ({not transcribed}) , transitive verb
[Latin agitatus, past participle of agitare to put in motion, from agere to move: compare French agiter. See Act, Agent.]
1.
To move with a violent, irregular action; as, the wind agitates the sea; to agitate water in a vessel.
Winds... agitate the air.
2.
To move or actuate. [Rare] — Thomson
3.
To stir up; to disturb or excite; to perturb; as, he was greatly agitated.
The mind of man is agitated by various passions.
4.
To discuss with great earnestness; to debate; as, a controversy hotly agitated. — Boyle
5.
To revolve in the mind, or view in all its aspects; to contrive busily; to devise; to plot; as, politicians agitate desperate designs.