agitować

Internationalism; compare English agitate. Possibly borrowed from German agitieren or from French agiter,^[1][2] ultimately from Latin āgitō +‎ -ować. First attested in 1616.^[3][4][5]

• 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) [with accusative ‘whom’] or [with wśród (+ genitive) ‘whom’], [with do (+ genitive) ‘to what’] or [with na rzecz (+ genitive) ‘on behalf of what’] or [with przeciw (+ dative) ‘against what’] or [with za (+ instumental) ‘for what’] or [with żeby (+ sentence) ‘to do what’]

   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]
3. (transitive, Middle Polish, of physical objects) to agitate (to set in motion)^[3]
4. (transitive, Middle Polish, of emotions) to agitate, to incite, to start up^[3]
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)^[3]

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