Agistment

( Law. ) The act of taking other men's cattle into any ground at a certain rate per week; so called because the cattle are suffered agiser , i. e. to be levant and couchant there. Ag'itable, a . [Fr. from Lat. agitabilis .] That which may be agitated, put in motion, or disputed. Agitate, v . a . [Fr. agiter , from Lat. agitare .] To put in motion; to shake; to move nimbly; as, the surface of the water is agitated by the wind; the ve el was broken by agitating the liquor. - To affect with perturbation; to disturb or excite; as, the mind of man is agi tated by various pa ions. To stir; to discu earnestly; to controvert; as, to agitate a question. - To consider or view mentally a thing or thought in all its aspects. Agita'tion, n . [Fr. from Lat. agitatio .] The act of moving, or shaking something; the state of being moved or agitated; as, the waters, after a storm, are sometimes in a violent agitation . Discu ion; controversial examination; deliberation; as, a project now in agitation.Violent motions of the mind; perturbation; disturbance of the thoughts. "She could no longer bear the agitation of so many pa ions." Tatier.