Meaning of agitate the communicator | Babel Free

Definitions

To ring a bell as a summons.

archaic, humorous

Examples

“So Tom, Dick, and Harry were obliged to be in waiting on the Captain, who might agitate the communicator any minute, and woe be to him who was not ready to obey the summons.”

“Agitate the communicator, and send the slavey round to the stables.”

“So in we hopped, and he dropped us just outside their gate, and in we walked; and, having agitated the communicator, out comes an old lady, whom Henri tried to introduce himself to, but the old girl was awfully deaf, […]”

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