| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | ag·o·nize |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   g  -n z |
| VERB: | Inflected forms: ag·o·nized, ag·o·niz·ing, ag·o·niz·es
| | INTRANSITIVE VERB: | 1. To suffer extreme pain or great anguish. 2. To make a great effort; struggle. | | TRANSITIVE VERB: | To cause great pain or anguish to. See synonyms at afflict. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Medieval Latin ag niz re, from Greek agnizesthai, to struggle, from agn, contest. See agony. | | OTHER FORMS: | ago·nizing·ly —ADVERB
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