Both Uses
agitate
in
The Grapes of Wrath
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- He's talkin' red, agitating trouble.†
Chpt 20agitating = stirring up (emotionally or physically)
- Last night a band of citizens, infuriated at the agitation going on in a local squatters' camp, burned the tents to the ground and warned agitators to get out of the county.†
Chpt 22 *agitation = the act of stirring up (emotionally or physically); or a state of emotional unrest
Definitions:
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(1)
(agitate) to stir up or shake -- emotionally (as when people are angered or upset) or physically (as when a washing machine cleans clothes)
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)