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121rest# — rest n Rest, repose, relaxation, leisure, ease, comfort are comparable when they mean freedom from toil or strain. Rest, the most general term, implies withdrawal from all labor or exertion and suggests an opposition to the term work; it does not …
122shake — vb 1 Shake, tremble, quake, totter, quiver, shiver, shudder, quaver, wobble, teeter, shimmy, dither are comparable when they mean to exhibit vibratory, wavering, or oscillating movement often as an evidence of instability. Shake, the ordinary and …
123stir — vb Stir, rouse, arouse, awaken, waken, rally can all mean to cause to shift from quiescence or torpor into activity. Stir, often followed by up, usually presupposes excitement to activity by something which disturbs or agitates and so brings to… …
124Kennedy, Captain — B Agitates through newspapers and Toronto Board of Trade importance of acquiring and settling North West Territories, 216; writes Lord Elgin on same subject, 216 …
125Walker, Thomas — Dr Magistrate, strong anti military feeling of, 18; assault upon, 20; inquiry made into affair without result, 21; certain persons accused of participation in, 36; complaint carried by Walker to England, 37; secretary of state s despatch on… …
126agitate — verb 1) any mention of Clare agitates my grandmother Syn: upset, fluster, ruffle, disconcert, unnerve, disquiet, disturb, distress, unsettle; informal rattle, faze 2) agitate the solution Syn …
127agitate — UK [ˈædʒɪteɪt] / US [ˈædʒɪˌteɪt] verb Word forms agitate : present tense I/you/we/they agitate he/she/it agitates present participle agitating past tense agitated past participle agitated 1) [intransitive] mainly journalism to try to cause social …
128agitator — /ˈædʒəteɪtə/ (say ajuhtaytuh) noun 1. someone who stirs up others, with a view to gaining support for a particular cause, political party, etc. 2. a machine for agitating and mixing, as in the manufacture of paints. 3. the part of the washing… …
