Meaning

• To disturb or excite; to perturb or stir up (a person).

  "He was greatly agitated by the news."

• To cause to move with a violent, irregular action; to shake.

  "the wind agitates the sea"

• To set in motion; to actuate.

• To discuss or debate.

• To revolve in the mind, or view in all its aspects; to consider, to devise.

  "politicians agitate desperate designs"