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<p><b>4.</b> <def>Examination or consideration of a subject in controversy, or of a plan proposed for adoption; earnest discussion; debate.</def>

<blockquote>A logical <b>agitation</b> of the matter. <i>L'Estrange.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The project now in <b>agitation</b>. <i>Swift.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- Emotion; commotion; excitement; trepidation; tremor; perturbation. See <er>Emotion</er>.</syn>

<h1>Agitative</h1> <Xpage=32>

<hw>Ag"i*ta*tive</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Tending to agitate.</def>

<h1>Agitato</h1> <Xpage=32>

<hw>A`gi*ta"to</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[It., agitated.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Sung or played in a restless, hurried, and spasmodic manner.</def>

<h1>Agitator</h1> <Xpage=32>

<hw>Ag"i*ta`tor</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One who agitates; one who stirs up or excites others; <as>as, political reformers and <ex>agitators</ex></as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Eng. Hist.)</fld> <def>One of a body of men appointed by the army, in Cromwell's time, to look after their interests; -- called also <altname>adjutators</altname>.</def>

<i>Clarendon.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>An implement for shaking or mixing.</def>

<h1>Agleam</h1> <Xpage=32>

<hw>A*gleam"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>adv. & a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>a-</ets> + <ets>gleam</ets>.]</ety> <def>Gleaming; <as>as, faces <ex>agleam</ex></as>.</def>

<i>Lowell.</i>

<h1>Aglet, Aiglet</h1> <Xpage=32>

<hw><hw>Ag"let</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <hw>Aig"let</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>aiguillette</ets> point, tagged point, dim. of <ets>aiguilee</ets> needle, fr. LL. <ets>acucula</ets> for <ets>acicula</ets>, dim. of L. <ets>acus</ets> needle, pin<?/: cf. OF. <ets>agleter</ets> to hook on. See <er>Acute</er>, and cf. <er>Aiguillette</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A tag of a lace or of the points, braids, or cords formerly used in dress. They were sometimes formed into small images. Hence, "<i>aglet</i> baby" (<i>Shak</i>.), an <i>aglet</i> image.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Haberdashery)</fld> <def>A round white staylace.</def>

<i>Beck.</i>

<h1>Agley</h1> <Xpage=32>

<hw>A*gley"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>Aside; askew.</def> <mark>[Scotch]</mark>

<i>Burns.</i>

<h1>Aglimmer</h1> <Xpage=32>

<hw>A*glim"mer</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>adv. & a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>a-</ets> + <ets>glimmer</ets>.]</ety> <def>In a glimmering state.</def>

<i>Hawthorne.</i>

<h1>Aglitter</h1> <Xpage=32>

<hw>A*glit"ter</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>adv. & a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>a-</ets> + <ets>glitter</ets>.]</ety> <def>Clittering; in a glitter.</def>