| 单词 | in agitation |
| 释义 | > as lemmasin agitation a. The consideration, debate, or discussion of a matter, esp. a plan; the urging or promotion of a proposal; planning, scheming. Also: a scheme, a device. Frequently in in agitation. Now rare.In later use merging with sense 3b. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > [noun] mootingOE disputinga1225 mootc1225 sputingc1250 disputisounc1290 arguingc1385 sputisounc1390 debate1393 determinationc1400 luyte1477 disputation1489 dispicion?1510 argumenta1513 plead?a1513 traversing1524 dispicience1531 ruffle1532 debatement1536 argumentationa1538 debating1548 pro et contraa1554 canvassing1565 litigation1567 toil1597 discussion1598 tongue-work1598 agitation1600 canvass1611 fence1637 contestation1638 dispute1638 tongue-fence1643 actitation1661 the mind > will > intention > planning > [noun] compassinga1300 compassmentc1300 ordainingc1350 ordinancec1385 imaginationa1393 conjectmentc1400 before-castinga1425 forecastinga1425 imagininga1449 conjectinga1450 machinationc1550 platforming1560 plotting1593 contrivement1599 agitation1600 contrival1602 contrivage1610 projection1611 projectment1611 contrivance1647 politics1650 digestion1680 planning1730 contriving1751 scheme1790 scheming1813 schemery1822 replanning1853 mapping1856 macroplanning1966 the mind > mental capacity > thought > continued thinking, reflection, contemplation > thinking about, consideration, deliberation > [noun] i-mindOE studyinglOE mindc1300 bethinking1340 poring1340 regard1348 weighingc1380 contemplationc1390 advisementa1393 deliberationa1393 advicec1405 reckoninga1413 visement?1414 considerancec1420 advisenessc1425 revolutionc1425 rewardc1432 mind-takingc1449 umbethinkingc1450 advisednessc1475 considering1483 beholding1530 meditationa1535 pondering1535 cogitation?1542 expending1545 ponderation1556 perpending1558 well weighing1566 surview1576 reflex1593 revolve1595 lucubration1596 agitation1600 perpension1612 vizamenta1616 pensitation1623 perpensation1623 perpendment1667 ruminating1668 commentationa1670 revolving1670 reflectiona1674 introspectiona1676 propendencya1676 ponderment1728 chawing1845 the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > cunning > [noun] > a wile or cunning device wrenchc888 craftOE turnc1225 ginc1275 play?a1300 enginec1300 wrenkc1325 forsetc1330 sleightc1340 knackc1369 cautel138. subtletya1393 wilea1400 tramc1400 wrinkle1402 artc1405 policy?1406 subtilityc1410 subtiltyc1440 jeopardy1487 jouk1513 pawka1522 frask1524 false point?1528 conveyance1534 compass1540 fineness1546 far-fetch?a1562 stratagem1561 finesse1562 entrapping1564 convoyance1578 lift1592 imagine1594 agitation1600 subtleship1614 artifice1620 navation1628 wimple1638 rig1640 lapwing stratagem1676 feint1679 undercraft1691 fly-flap1726 management1736 fakement1811 old tricka1822 fake1829 trickeration1940 swiftie1945 shrewdie1961 1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice iii. v. 4 [Clown] So now I speake my agitation of the matter. View more context for this quotation 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 224 The Hunter must..in hunting of a Foxe..driue him againe the winde, and then he preuenteth all his crafty and subtill agitations and diuises. 1625 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) xx. 115 Things will have their first, or second Agitation; If they be not tossed upon the Arguments of Counsell, they will be tossed upon the Waves of Fortune. 1645 J. Howell Epistolæ Ho-elianæ iv. xxvi. 35 You heard how I was in agitation for an employment in Italy. 1710 Sir R. Sutton Despatches 1 June in A. N. Kurat Despatches Sir R. Sutton (1953) 16 If there is any thing of this nature in agitation, Your Lordship will be acquainted of it sooner from other parts. 1769 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) I. xxiii. 174 The latest moments of your life were dedicated to the same..busy agitations. ?1793 Argal I. vii. 102 The count..had been presented with one [key], from the first agitation of the scheme. 1813 R. Wilson Let. 4 Nov. in Diary (1861) II. App. 483 We have a giant plan in agitation if the enemy will not yield to our terms. 1819 C. Bagot Let. in B. Willson Friendly Relations (1934) vii. 107 Know, then, that a public ball was given to Mrs. Bagot and myself... I knew nothing of such a scheme being in agitation. 1865 F. Parkman Huguenots i, in Pioneers of France in New World 9 While this design was in agitation. 1882 H. C. Lodge Alexander Hamilton viii. 161 It is probable that he saw an opportunity to make party capital by the agitation of this subject in debate. 1922 Official Rec. (U.S. Naval War Rec. Office) 611 The premature agitation of the matter as a party question. < as lemmas |
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