All 3 Uses of
agitate
in
A Christmas Carol
- Scrooge could not feel it himself, but this was clearly the case; for though the Ghost sat perfectly motionless, its hair, and skirts, and tassels, were still agitated as by the hot vapour from an oven.
Chpt 1agitated = moving about
- He corroborated everything, remembered everything, enjoyed everything, and underwent the strangest agitation.
Chpt 2agitation = emotional stirring
- The noise in this room was perfectly tumultuous, for there were more children there, than Scrooge in his agitated state of mind could count;
Chpt 2 *agitated = emotionally upset
Definition:
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(agitate) to stir up or shake -- emotionally (as when people are angered or upset) or physically (as when a washing machine cleans clothes)