agito

Latin

verb
Definitions
  • I act, behave, do, or make persistently or unremittingly.
  • I put something in motion, drive, impel; drive by rowing, row about; shake, throb.
  • I brandish, wield.
  • (of cattle) I drive, conduct; tend, control.
  • (of animals) I hunt, chase, pursue.
  • I drive to and fro, toss about, agitate, disturb.
  • I rouse or stir up, excite, move, urge, drive or impel someone to something, insist on.
  • I disturb, disquiet, provoke, agitate, vex, trouble, torment.
  • I reprove, assail, blame, decry, scoff, deride, insult, mock.
  • I am engaged in, do, accomplish, have, hold, keep; celebrate; practise, exercise.
  • (of time) I pass, spend.
  • I live, dwell, abide, sojourn.
  • (of the mind) I drive at something in the mind; turn over, study, weigh, consider, meditate upon.
  • (of the mind) I am occupied with, devise, contrive, plot, design, intend.
  • I deliberate upon, confer about, discuss, debate, investigate.
  • (with sat (enough) and genitive) I have enough to do, have trouble with, I am fully engaged in.

Etymology

Affix from Latin agō (make, do, I drive, act, drive, I do, impel, move, push, I act, lead) root from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- (drive, lead, push, herd).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*h₂eǵ-

Gloss

drive, lead, push, herd

Concept
Semantic Field

Animals

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

Emoji
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