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1. (v.t.) excite
to arouse or stir up the emotions or feelings of:
to excite a person to anger.
2. excite
to arouse or stir up (emotions or feelings); evoke; awaken:
to excite interest.
3. excite
to stir to action; provoke or stir up:
to excite dogs to a frenzy .
4. excite
Physiol. to stimulate:
to excite a nerve.
5. excite
to raise (an atom, molecule, etc.) to an excited state.
6. excite
to supply with electricity for producing electric activity or a magnetic field:
to excite a dynamo.
Etymology: (1300–50; ME < L excitāre to rouse, set in motion, excite)
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1. (verb) excite
arouse or elicit a feeling
2. (verb) stimulate, excite
act as a stimulant
"The book stimulated her imagination"; "This play stimulates"
3. (verb) stimulate, excite, stir
stir feelings in
"stimulate my appetite"; "excite the audience"; "stir emotions"
4. (verb) agitate, rouse, turn on, charge, commove, excite, charge up
cause to be agitated, excited, or roused
"The speaker charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks"
5. (verb) arouse, sex, excite, turn on, wind up
stimulate sexually
"This movie usually arouses the male audience"
6. (verb) stimulate, shake, shake up, excite, stir
stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of
"These stories shook the community"; "the civil war shook the country"
7. (verb) excite, energize, energise
raise to a higher energy level
"excite the atoms"
8. (verb) excite
produce a magnetic field in
"excite the neurons"
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1. (verb) excite
to cause to feel excited
The idea of world travel excited him.
2. excite
to cause a particular reaction; = provoke
to excite interest/disgust
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (verb) excite
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. (verb) excite
to call forth or increase the vital activity of an organism, or any of its parts
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Sense: to cause or rouse strong feelings of expectation, happiness etc in
The children were excited at the thought of the party.
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 Afrikaans: opgewonde |
 Arabic: يُهَيِّج |
 Bulgarian: вълнувам |
 Brazilian: excitar |
 Czech: vzrušit |
 German: aufregen |
 Danish: begejstre |
 Greek: συγκινώ, εξάπτω |
 Spanish: emocionar |
 Estonian: erutama |
 Farsi: به هیجان آوردن؛ بر انگیخت |
 Finnish: innostaa |
 French: exciter |
 Hebrew: לְהַלהִיב |
 Hindi: उत्तेजित करना |
 Croatian: pobuditi, potaknuti |
 Hungarian: (fel)izgat |
 Indonesian: menggembirakan |
 Icelandic: æsa |
 Italian: eccitare |
 Japanese: 興奮させる |
 Korean: 흥분시키다 |
 Lithuanian: (su)jaudinti |
 Latvian: uzbudināt; uztraukt |
 Malay: seronok |
 Dutch: opwinden |
 Norwegian: vekke sterke sinnsbevegel |
 Polish: podniecać (się) |
 Persian: به هیجان آوردن؛ بر انگیخت |
 Pashto: پارول، فعال كول، په ګپڼور |
 Portuguese: excitar |
 Romanian: a entuziasma; a emoţion |
 Russian: возбуждать |
 Slovak: vzrušiť |
 Slovenian: razburiti |
 Serbian: uzbuditi |
 Swedish: hetsa (jaga) upp, uppröra |
 Thai: กระตุ้น |
 Turkish: heyecanlandırmak |
 Taiwanese: 使激動，使興奮 |
 Ukrainian: збуджувати, хвилювати |
 Urdu: شدید خوشی اور جذبات کو جگ |
 Vietnamese: kích động |
 Chinese: 使激动，使兴奋 |
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