All 3 Uses
agitate
in
Chasing Lincoln's Killer
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- He found the messenger and several other agitated men.†
p. 81.2agitated = not calm; or stirred up (often emotionally)
- He became agitated when he saw riders moving past the farm's front gate.†
p. 160.1
- If Booth's agitation about the riders worried Garrett, his flight into the woods with Herold frightened him even more.†
p. 162.1 *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)