1. (verb)stimulate, excite act as a stimulant "The book stimulated her imagination"; "This play stimulates"
2. (verb)induce, stimulate, cause, have, get, make cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner "The ads induced me to buy a VCR"; "My children finally got me to buy a computer"; "My wife made me buy a new sofa"
3. (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"
4. (verb)stimulate, arouse, brace, energize, energise, perk up cause to be alert and energetic "Coffee and tea stimulate me"; "This herbal infusion doesn't stimulate"
5. (verb)induce, stimulate, rush, hasten cause to occur rapidly "the infection precipitated a high fever and allergic reactions"
6. (verb)stimulate, excite, stir stirfeelings in "stimulate my appetite"; "excite the audience"; "stir emotions"
7. (verb)provoke, stimulate provide the needed stimulus for
Definitions of 'stimulate'
Webster 1913 Dictionary
1. (verb)stimulate to excite as if with a goad; to excite, rouse, or animate, to action or more vigorous exertion by some pungent motive or by persuasion; as, to stimulate one by the hope of reward, or by the prospect of glory
2. (verb)stimulate to excite; to irritate; especially, to excite the activity of (a nerve or an irritable muscle), as by electricity
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