EXCITE

stimulate, excite

(verb) act as a stimulant; “The book stimulated her imagination”; “This play stimulates”

excite

(verb) produce a magnetic field in; “excite the neurons”

excite, energize, energise

(verb) raise to a higher energy level; “excite the atoms”

stimulate, shake, shake up, excite, stir

(verb) stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of; “These stories shook the community”; “the civil war shook the country”

arouse, sex, excite, turn on, wind up

(verb) stimulate sexually; “This movie usually arouses the male audience”

agitate, rouse, turn on, charge, commove, excite, charge up

(verb) cause to be agitated, excited, or roused; “The speaker charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks”

excite

(verb) arouse or elicit a feeling

stimulate, excite, stir

(verb) stir feelings in; “stimulate my appetite”; “excite the audience”; “stir emotions”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Verb

excite (third-person singular simple present excites, present participle exciting, simple past and past participle excited)

(transitive) To stir the emotions of.

(transitive) To arouse or bring out (e.g. feelings); to stimulate.

(transitive, physics) To cause an electron to move to a higher than normal state; to promote an electron to an outer level.

To energize (an electromagnet); to produce a magnetic field in.

Antonyms

• relax, calm

Source: Wiktionary

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Ex*cite", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Excited; p. pr. & vb. n. exciting.] Etym: [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.)

Definition: To call forth or increase the vital activity of an organism, or any of its parts.

Syn.

– To incite; awaken; animate; rouse or arouse; stimulate; inflame; irritate; provoke.

– To Excite, Incite. When we excite we rouse into action feelings which were less strong; when we incite we spur on or urge forward to a specific act or end. Demosthenes excited the passions of the Athenians against Philip, and thus incited the whole nation to unite in the war against him. Antony, by his speech over the body of Cæsar, so excited the feelings of the populace, that Brutus and his companions were compelled to flee from Rome; many however, were incited to join their standard, not only by love of liberty, but hopes of plunder.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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