A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Agitat, -ate, p.p. [L. agitātus, p.p. of agitāre.]
1. Tossed about, perturbed. —1567 Sat. P. iv. 52.
Thus was I … Sum tyme in mynde with anger agitat 1640 Lithgow Poet. Rem. 241.
Come let them roare, ... with shrinking cries And agitat reports
2. Debated, discussed. —a1650 Row 183.
The Kirk desyres the King … to heare everie weightie thing concerning the estate agitat 1648 St. A. Presb. 38.
Mr. James Sharp gave in his theses to be agitate the nixt day 1661 Acts VII. 62/2.
The maters agitat persued & concludit
