agitate
ag·i·tate / ˈajiˌtāt/ • v. [tr.] make (someone) troubled or nervous. ∎ [intr.] campaign to arouse public concern about an issue in the hope of prompting action: they agitated for a reversal of the decision. ∎ stir or disturb (something, esp. a liquid) briskly.DERIVATIVES: ag·i·tat·ed·ly adv.
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