exagitate

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English

Etymology

From the participle stem of Latin exagitāre.

Verb

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

  1. (obsolete) To excite, stir up.
    Synonyms: enthrill, inflame; see also Thesaurus:thrill
    • 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: , 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC:
      , 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