stir up, arouse feelings, provoke, stimulate
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Excite Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(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.
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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutTo call forth or increase the vital activity of an organism, or any of its parts.
excite
\ex*cite"\, v. t. (elec.) to energize (an electro-magnet); to produce a magnetic field in; as, to excite a dynamo.
excite
\ex*cite"\ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. excited; p. pr. & vb. n. exciting.] [l. excitare; ex out + citare to move rapidly, to rouse: cf. of. esciter, exciter, f. exciter. see cite.]
1. 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. (physiol.) to call forth or increase the vital activity of an organism, or any of its parts.
Verb
1. arouse or elicit a feeling
(hypernym) arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise, provoke
(hyponym) enthuse
(derivation) excitement, excitation, inflammation, fervor, fervour
2. act as a stimulant; "The book stimulated her imagination"; "This play stimulates"
(synonym) stimulate
(hypernym) affect, impact, bear upon, bear on, touch on, touch
(hyponym) quicken, invigorate
(derivation) excitation, excitement
3. raise to a higher energy level; "excite the atoms"
(synonym) energize, energise
(hypernym) change, alter, modify
4. stir feelings in; "stimulate my appetite"; "excite the audience"; "stir emotions"
(synonym) stimulate, stir
(hypernym) sensitize, sensitise
(hyponym) masturbate, wank, fuck off, she-bop, jack off, jerk off
(derivation) excitement, excitation, inflammation, fervor, fervour
5. cause to be agitated, excited, or roused; "The speaker charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks"
(synonym) agitate, rouse, turn on, charge, commove, charge up
(hypernym) disturb, upset, trouble
(hyponym) hype up, psych up
(derivation) excitation, excitement
6. stimulate sexually; "This movie usually arouses the male audience"
(synonym) arouse, sex, turn on, wind up
(hypernym) stimulate, shake, shake up, stir
(hyponym) tempt
7. stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of; "These stories shook the community"; "the civil war shook the country"
(synonym) stimulate, shake, shake up, stir
(hypernym) arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise, provoke
(hyponym) fuel
(derivation) excitement, excitation, inflammation, fervor, fervour
8. produce a magnetic field in; "excite the neurons"
(hypernym) change, alter, modify
(derivation) excitation, innervation, irritation
Excite Definition from Science & Technology Dictionaries & Glossaries
Excite Definition from Computer & Internet Dictionaries & Glossaries
Search engine at http://www.excite.com
A World Wide Web search engine developed by Excite, Inc. In addition to providing a full-text index of approximately 50 million Web pages, Excite also enables you to search from its list of over 60,000 reviewed sites. Sites are rated with a 5-star rating system.
Excite Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Excite (spelled as 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. (outside USA only), 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.
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Excite Definition from Entertainment & Music Dictionaries & Glossaries
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Excite Definition from Medicine Dictionaries & Glossaries
Both middle fingers move up alternately to strike the heart sharply.
