exagitate

From the participle stem of Latin exagitāre.

exagitate (third-person singular simple present exagitates, present participle exagitating, simple past and past participle exagitated)

1. (obsolete) To excite, stir up.
   • 1621, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy, Oxford: Printed by Iohn Lichfield and Iames Short, for Henry Cripps, OCLC 216894069; The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd corrected and augmented edition, Oxford: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, 1624, OCLC 54573970, (please specify |partition=1, 2, or 3):

     , vol.I, New York, 2001, p.241:

     the devil many times takes his opportunity of such storms, and when the humours by the air be stirred, he goes in with them, exagitates our spirits, and vexeth our souls […]

exagitāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of exagitō