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  • transitive verb. undefined
  • transitive verb. To arouse strong feeling in: synonym: provoke.
  • transitive verb. To arouse (someone) sexually.
  • transitive verb. To elicit or arouse (a reaction or emotion, for example).
  • transitive verb. undefined
  • transitive verb. To cause to become more active.
  • transitive verb. To produce increased activity or response in (an organ, tissue, or part); stimulate.
  • transitive verb. To raise (an atom, for example) to a higher energy level.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To call into movement or active existence by some stimulating influence; quicken into manifestation; stir or start up; set in motion or operation: as, to excite a mutiny; to excite hope or animosity.
  • To induce action or activity in; stimulate; animate; arouse.
  • To impel by incentives or motives; instigate; incite: as, to excite the people to revolt.
  • To arouse the emotions of; agitate or perturb mentally; move: as, he was greatly excited by the news.
  • Synonyms To awaken, incite, inflame, kindle, irritate, provoke.
  • In electric machinery, to send current through the magnetic field coils, and so produce the magnetism required for the operation of the machine.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To call to activity in any way; to rouse to feeling; to kindle to passionate emotion; to stir up to combined or general activity
  • transitive verb. To call forth or increase the vital activity of an organism, or any of its parts.
  • transitive verb. To energize (an electro-magnet); to produce a magnetic field in.
  • transitive verb. To raise to a higher energy level; -- used especially of atoms or molecules, or of electrons within atoms or molecules.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. To stir the emotions of.
  • verb. To arouse or bring out (eg feelings); to stimulate.
  • verb. , (physics) To cause an electron to move to a higher than normal state; to promote an electron to an outer level.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. stimulate sexually
  • verb. act as a stimulant
  • verb. stir feelings in
  • verb. produce a magnetic field in
  • verb. arouse or elicit a feeling
  • verb. cause to be agitated, excited, or roused
  • verb. stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of
  • verb. raise to a higher energy level
  • Word Usage
    "The FBI indictments are to be unsealed today, which will once again excite the many people who likes to confuse the word “indictment” with “conviction.”"
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