All 4 Uses of
agitate
in
Moby Dick
- As for Peleg, after letting off his rage as he had, there seemed no more left in him, and he, too, sat down like a lamb, though he twitched a little as if still nervously agitated.†
Chpt 16-18 *agitated = not calm; or stirred up (often emotionally)
- As with a low sucking sound it slowly disappeared again, Starbuck still gazing at the agitated waters where it had sunk, with a wild voice exclaimed—"Almost rather had I seen Moby Dick and fought him, than to have seen thee, thou white ghost!"†
Chpt 58-60
- But still another inquiry remains; one often agitated by the more recondite Nantucketers.†
Chpt 103-105
- Hoveringly halting, and dipping on the wing, the white sea-fowls longingly lingered over the agitated pool that he left.†
Chpt 133-135
Definition:
to stir up or shake -- emotionally (as when people are angered or upset) or physically (as when a washing machine cleans clothes)