(transitive) To disturb or excite; to perturb or stir up (a person).

(transitive) To cause to move with a violent, irregular action; to shake.

(transitive, obsolete) To set in motion; to actuate.

(transitive, now rare) To discuss or debate.

(transitive, now rare) To revolve in the mind, or view in all its aspects; to consider, to devise.