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| ag·o·nize [ ággə nz ] (past and past participle ag·o·nized, present participle ag·o·niz·ing, 3rd person present singular ag·o·niz·es) |
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1. intransitive verb spend time worrying: to think about something intensely and anxiously, usually in great detail and for a long time, before making a decision
 to agonize over the answer to every question
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2. transitive and intransitive verb suffer or cause somebody pain: to suffer, or cause somebody to suffer, extreme pain or mental anguish
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3. intransitive verb struggle: to make a desperate or strenuous effort
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| [Late 16th century. Directly or via French< late Latin agonizare, after Greek agōnizesthai "take part in a contest" < agōn "contest"] |
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