Obs. [ad. L. concitātiōn-em, n. of action f. concitāre: see prec. Cf. obs. F. concitation (Cotgr.).] Stirring up, rousing, or exciting; agitation, excitement; esp. of the mind.
1533. trans. Erasmus’ Com. Crede, 93. Certayn men haue sayde that the holy ghoste … is noughte els but the concitation or styrrynge of a godly mynde.
1603. Florio, Montaigne, II. xxxi. 400. So long as our pulse panted, and we feele any concitation.
1656. Stanley, Hist. Philos., I. VIII. 74. When this fervour and concitation of the minde is inveterate.
