pĕr-ăgĭto

āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.
I. to drive or hunt about greatly, to harass, disturb (not in Cic.).
I. Lit.
A. In gen.: vehementius peragitati ab equitatu, Caes. B. C. 1, 80: Aetna majore vi peragitata, Sen. Ben. 3, 37.—
B. In partic., to stir up any thing, esp. a liquid: ut permisceatur medicamen rutabulo ligneo peragitare conveniet, Col. 12, 24, 4: mustum, id. 12, 19, 4.—
II. Trop., to excite, impel: animos, Sen. Ira, 1, 7.—
B. To complete, finish: peragitatur enim messis mense Maio, Plin. 18, 18, 47, § 169.
Lewis & Short
A Latin Dictionary, 1879
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