Meaning roil
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roilbe agitated Like thousands of fellow students, he was roiled with emotions, struggling to come to grips with an inescapable reality. — New York Times (Nov 26, 2011)
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roilto seriously disturb; to throw into confusionOne lesson from the crises that have roiled the eurozone over the past five-plus years is that anyone who tells you the only response to a public debt cris [..]
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roil1580s, of uncertain origin, probably from Middle French rouiller "to rust, make muddy," from Old French roil "mud, muck, rust" (12c.), from Vulgar Latin *robicula, from Latin robig [..]
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roil(v) be agitated(v) make turbid by stirring up the sediments of
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roil
To render turbid by stirring up the dregs or sediment of
* To roil wine, cider, etc, in casks or bottles
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