Both Uses
agitate
in
The Adventure of the Speckled Band
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- She raised her veil as she spoke, and we could see that she was indeed in a pitiable state of agitation, her face all drawn and grey, with restless frightened eyes, like those of some hunted animal.
*agitation = emotional unrest
- Holmes was for the moment as startled as I. His hand closed like a vice upon my wrist in his agitation.†
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)