Exagitate
verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To excite, stir up. obsolete
"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 […]"
Example
More examples"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 […]"
Etymology
From the participle stem of Latin exagitāre.
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