Definitions for excite
ɪkˈsaɪtex·cite

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. exciteverb

   arouse or elicit a feeling

2. stimulate, exciteverb

   act as a stimulant

   "The book stimulated her imagination"; "This play stimulates"

3. stimulate, excite, stirverb

   stir feelings in

   "stimulate my appetite"; "excite the audience"; "stir emotions"

4. agitate, rouse, turn on, charge, commove, excite, charge upverb

   cause to be agitated, excited, or roused

   "The speaker charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks"

5. arouse, sex, excite, turn on, wind upverb

   stimulate sexually

   "This movie usually arouses the male audience"

6. stimulate, shake, shake up, excite, stirverb

   stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of

   "These stories shook the community"; "the civil war shook the country"

7. excite, energize, energiseverb

   raise to a higher energy level

   "excite the atoms"

8. exciteverb

   produce a magnetic field in

   "excite the neurons"

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1. Exciteverb

   (Physics) To raise to a higher energy level; -- used especially of atoms or molecules, or of electrons within atoms or molecules; as, absorption of a photon excites the cesium atom, which subsequently radiates the excess energy.

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. exciteverb

   To arouse or bring out (eg feelings); to stimulate.

2. exciteverb

   To stir the emotions of.

   The fireworks which opened the festivities excited anyone present.

3. exciteverb

   To arouse or bring out; to stimulate.

   Favoritism tends to excite jealousy in the ones not being favored.

4. exciteverb

   To cause an electron to move to a higher than normal state; to promote an electron to an outer level.

   By applying electric potential to the neon atoms, the electrons become excited, then emit a photon when returning to normal.

5. exciteverb

   To energize; to produce a magnetic field in.

   to excite a dynamo

6. Etymology: From exciten, from exciter, from excitare, frequentative of exciere, from ex + ciere. See cite and compare to accite, concite, incite.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To EXCITEverb

   Etymology: excito, Latin.

   1. To rouse; to animate; to stir up; to encourage.

   The Lacedemonians were more excited to desire of honour with the excellent verses of the poet Tirtæus, than with all the exhortations of their captains, or authority of their rulers and magistrates. Edmund Spenser, State of Ireland.

   That kind of poesy which excites to virtue the greatest men, is of greatest use to human kind. Dryden.

   2. To put into motion; to awaken; to raise.

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1. excite

   To excite is to cause strong feelings of enthusiasm, eagerness, or arousal in someone or something. It can also refer to provoking a particular reaction or response, such as stimulating an atom or molecule to a higher energy level.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Exciteverb

   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

2. Exciteverb

   to call forth or increase the vital activity of an organism, or any of its parts

3. Etymology: [L. excitare; ex out + citare to move rapidly, to rouse: cf. OF. esciter, exciter, F. exciter. See Cite.]

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1. Excite

   Excite is a collection of web sites and services, launched in December 1995. Excite is an online service offering a variety of content, including an Internet portal showing news and weather etc., a search engine, a web-based email, instant messaging, stock quotes, and a customizable user homepage. The content is collated from over 100 different sources. Excite's portal and services are owned by Excite Networks, but in the USA, Excite is a personal portal, called My Excite, which is operated by Mindspark; owned by IAC Search and Media. In the 1990s, Excite was one of the most recognized brands on the Internet.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Excite

   ek-sīt′, 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. [Fr.,—L. excitāre, -ātum—exciēre—ex, out, ciēre, to set in motion.]

Matched Categories

1. • Affect
   • Arouse
   • Change
   • Sensitize
   • Stimulate

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of excite in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of excite in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of excite in a Sentence

1. Martin Carver:

   I'm hoping that when the ship makes its trips, it will excite people in many different ways, but particularly in giving Barbara Wagstaff a feeling of what a brilliant period this was in seventh century Britain.

2. Agnes Repplier:

   A villain must be a thing of power, handled with delicacy and grace. He must be wicked enough to excite our aversion, strong enough to arouse our fear, human enough to awaken some transient gleam of sympathy. We must triumph in his downfall, yet not barbarously nor with contempt, and the close of his career must be in harmony with all its previous development.

3. David McIntosh:

   The base of the conservative Republican party has a great field to choose from, bush has not been able to excite them.

4. Chris Retzler:

   We have healthcare investments where we think that names are misunderstood, and we think the opportunities are great but are taking a little bit longer to excite investors.

5. Robert Bleischwitz:

   In cases where the flow is at higher risk of detaching from the surface; so your vehicle has a risk to sag down, to fall down. In that period a membrane wing can keep it afloat because the dynamics in the surface trigger vortices which roll down the wing, and these vortices produce lift. So you can use this vortex generation to produce lift. And you need the membrane to excite, generate these vortices.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=excite
2. ^ GCIDE
   https://gcide.gnu.org.ua/?q=excite
3. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Excite
4. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=excite
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/excite
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=excite
8. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=excite