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roil

  [roil]
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–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.
Origin:
1580–90; orig. uncert.

Synonyms:
2. annoy, fret, ruffle, exasperate, provoke, rile.
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roil   (roil)   
v.   roiled, roil·ing, roils

v.   tr.
  1. To make (a liquid) muddy or cloudy by stirring up sediment.
  2. To displease or disturb; vex: My roommate's off-putting habits began to roil me.
v.   intr.
To be in a state of turbulence or agitation.

[Origin unknown.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Roil

Roil\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Roiled; p. pr. & vb. n. Roiling.] [Cf. OE. roilen to wander; possibly fr. OF. roeler to roll, equiv. to F. rouler. See Roll, v., and cf. Rile.]

1. To render turbid by stirring up the dregs or sediment of; as, to roil wine, cider, etc., in casks or bottles; to roil a spring.

2. To disturb, as the temper; to ruffle the temper of; to rouse the passion of resentment in; to perplex.

That his friends should believe it, was what roiled him [Judge Jeffreys] exceedingly. --R. North.

Note: Provincial in England and colloquial in the United States. A commoner, but less approved, form is rile.

Roil

Roil\, v. i. 1. To wander; to roam. [Obs.]

2. To romp. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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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."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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