a. ? Obs. [f. L. agitāt- (see AGITATE a.) + -IVE, as if ad. L. *agitātīvus.] Tending to agitate, stir or move; motive, excitative.
1687. H. More, App. to Antid. (1712), 221. If a Spirit use his Agitative power moderately.
1753. Chambers, Cycl. Supp., s.v., The agitative force of the pendulum arises from three things.
