Excite

[ɪk'saɪt;ek-] or [ɪk'saɪt]

Definition

(verb.) produce a magnetic field in; 'excite the neurons'.

(verb.) raise to a higher energy level; 'excite the atoms'.

(verb.) arouse or elicit a feeling.

Typist: Sam--From WordNet

Definition

(v. t.) To call to activity in any way; to rouse to feeling; to kindle to passionate emotion; to stir up to combined or general activity; as, to excite a person, the spirits, the passions; to excite a mutiny or insurrection; to excite heat by friction.

(v. t.) To call forth or increase the vital activity of an organism, or any of its parts.

Inputed by Claude

Synonyms and Synonymous

v. a. [1]. Arouse, rouse, awaken, stimulate, incite, animate, kindle, inflame, brew, stir up.[2]. Raise, create, give rise to, put in motion.[3]. Disturb, agitate, discompose, irritate, provoke.

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Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:[See ALLAY]

Checked by Claudia

Definition

v.t. to call into activity: to stir up: to rouse: to irritate.—ns. Excītabil′ity Excīt′ableness.—adj. Excīt′able capable of being excited easily excited.—ns. Excitant (ek′sit-ant or ek-sīt′ant) that which excites or rouses the vital activity of the body: a stimulant; Excitā′tion act of exciting: means of excitement: state of excitement.—adjs. Excīt′ātive Excīt′ātory tending to excite.—p.adj. Excīt′ed agitated.—ns. Excite′ment agitation: that which excites; Excīt′er.—p.adj. Excīt′ing tending to excite.—adj. Excī′to-mō′tor exhibiting muscular contraction.

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Examples

Checker: Wade

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