agitować

Internationalism; compare English agitate. Possibly borrowed from German agitieren or from French agiter, ultimately from Latin āgitō +‎ -ować. First attested in 1616.

• IPA^(key): /a.ɡiˈtɔ.vat͡ɕ/

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• Rhymes: -ɔvat͡ɕ
• Syllabification: a‧gi‧to‧wać

agitować impf (perfective zaagitować or rozagitować or wyagitować)

1. (transitive, politics) to agitate, to doorstep, to campaign (to convince to adopt certain views) or , or or or or

   nachalnie agitować ― to agitate persistently/intrusively

   osobiście agitować ― to agitate personally

   mocno agitować ― to agitate heavily

   agitować wprost ― to agitate directly

   zacząć agitować ― to start to agitate

   próbować agitować ― to try to agitate

   agitować wyborców ― to canvass for votes

   'agitować mieszkańców ― to agitate residents/inhabitants

   agitować młodzież ― to agitate the youth

   agitować ludzi ― to agitate people

   ulotki agitujące ― agitating flyers

   plakaty agitujące ― agitating posters

   hasła agitujące ― agitating slogans

2. (transitive, Middle Polish, of topics) to agitate (to set in motion; to actuate)
3. (transitive, Middle Polish, of physical objects) to agitate (to set in motion)
4. (transitive, Middle Polish, of emotions) to agitate, to incite, to start up
5. (reflexive with się, politics) to agitate, to doorstep, to campaign each other
6. (reflexive with się, obsolete, of topics) to be agitated (to be set in motion; to be actuated)
7. (reflexive with się, Middle Polish, of physical objects) to be agitated (to be set in motion)

• agitować in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• agitować in Polish dictionaries at PWN