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Webster 1913 Edition

Exagitate

Ex-ag′i-tate

,
Verb.
T.
[L.
exagitatus
, p. p. of
exagitare
. See
Ex-
, and
Agitate
.]
1.
To stir up; to agitate.
[Obs.]
Arbuthnot.
2.
To satirize; to censure severely.
[Obs.]
Hooker.

Webster 1828 Edition

Exagitate

EXAG'ITATE

,
Verb.
T.
[L. exagito.] To shake; to agitate; to reproach. [Little used.]

Definition 2024

exagitate

exagitate

English

Verb

exagitate ‎(third-person singular simple present exagitates, present participle exagitating, simple past and past participle exagitated)

  1. (obsolete) To excite, stir up.
    • 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, vol.I, New York, 2001, p.241:
      the devil many times takes his opportunity of such storms, and when the humours by the air be stirred, he goes in with them, exagitates our spirits, and vexeth our souls […].

Latin

Verb

exagitāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of exagitō

Etymology

From the participle stem of Latin exagitāre.

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