All 6 Uses

agitate
in
The Awakening, by Kate Chopin
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Mademoiselle Reisz perceived her agitation and even her tears.†
Chpt 9 *

agitation = the act of stirring up (emotionally or physically); or a state of emotional unrest
She arose in some agitation to take her departure.†
Chpt 21
He was beside himself with astonishment and delight over these companionable advances, and showed his appreciation by his little quick, snappy barks and a lively agitation.†
Chpt 24
But there was nothing else to do, so she went to bed, and tossed there for hours in a sort of monotonous agitation.†
Chpt 25
"The sight of a wound or scar always agitates and sickens me," she said.†
Chpt 25

agitates = stirs up (emotionally or physically)
She attempted to rise; she could not have done so without betraying the agitation which mastered her at sight of him, so she fell back upon the stool, only exclaiming, "Why, Robert!"†
Chpt 33

agitation = the act of stirring up (emotionally or physically); or a state of emotional unrest

Definitions:

(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)