All 3 Uses

agitate
in
The Railway Children
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In the agitation and half darkness the night before its door had been mistaken for a cupboard's.†
p. 28.3 *

agitation = the act of stirring up (emotionally or physically); or a state of emotional unrest
When the station was reached, the three were the heroes of an agitated meeting on the platform.†
p. 120.1

agitated = not calm; or stirred up (often emotionally)
The suspender had given way in the agitation of the waves to the 9.15.†
p. 267.3

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)