agitō

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ɡi.toː/, [ˈäɡɪt̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.d͡ʒi.to/, [ˈäːd͡ʒit̪o]

Etymology 1

From agō (“do, act, make”) +‎ -itō (frequentative suffix). See actus.

Verb

agitō (present infinitive agitāre, perfect active agitāvī, supine agitātum); first conjugation

1. to act, behave, do, or make persistently or unremittingly
2. to put something in motion, drive, impel; drive by rowing, row about; shake, throb
3. to brandish, wield
4. (of cattle) to drive, conduct; tend, control
5. (of animals) to hunt, chase, pursue
6. to drive to and fro, toss about, agitate, disturb, churn [ quotations ▼]
7. to rouse or stir up, excite, move, urge, drive or impel someone to something, insist on
8. to disturb, disquiet, provoke, agitate, vex, trouble, torment [ synonyms, antonym ▲][ quotations ▼]

   Synonyms: fatīgō, turbō, perturbō, sollicitō, angō, concitō, percieō, concieō, cieō, disturbō, īnfestō, irrītō, stimulō, lacessō, ēvertō, peragō, moveō, occīdō, agō, versō, ūrō

   Antonym: cōnsōlor

9. to reprove, assail, blame, decry, scoff, deride, insult, mock
10. to be engaged in, do, accomplish, have, hold, keep; celebrate; practise, exercise
11. (of time) to pass, spend
12. to live, dwell, abide, sojourn
13. (of the mind) to drive at something in the mind; turn over, study, weigh, consider, meditate upon
14. (of the mind) to be occupied with, devise, contrive, plot, design, intend
15. to deliberate upon, confer about, discuss, debate, investigate
16. (with sat (enough) and genitive) to have enough to do, have trouble with, to be fully engaged in