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roil

[roil]
verb (used with object)
1.
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
2.
to disturb or disquiet; irritate; vex: to be roiled by a delay.
verb (used without object)
3.
to move or proceed turbulently.

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to spend time idly; loaf.
to chew (food) slowly and thoroughly.

Origin:
1580–90; origin uncertain

un·roiled, adjective

roil, royal.


2. annoy, fret, ruffle, exasperate, provoke, rile.

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  • In summer the roads roil with bicycles and mopeds and minicars and joggers and walkers.
  • The announcement is sure to roil an already bubbling controversy over the value of that screening.
  • The accusations are the latest of many to roil the church.
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roil (rɔɪl)
 
vb
1.  (tr) to make (a liquid) cloudy or turbid by stirring up dregs or sediment
2.  (intr) (esp of a liquid) to be agitated or disturbed
3.  dialect (intr) to be noisy or boisterous
4.  (tr) another word (now rare) for rile
 
[C16: of unknown origin; compare rile]

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roil
1590, probably from M.Fr. rouiller "to rust, make muddy," from O.Fr. rouil "mud, rust," from V.L. *robicula, from L. robigo "rust" (see robust). M.E. roil meant "to roam or rove about."
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