Definition of exite
1. excite [ v ] arouse or elicit a feeling
Used in print:(W. E. B. DuBois, Worlds of Color....)
But Sojourner was not easily excited or upset and said quite calmly : `` Let 's go and see what it_'s like '' .
(Guy Endore, Voltaire! Voltaire!...)
He was really amazed to discover the other guests so excited about these delicate little songs .
Synonyms excite Related Terms arouse enthuse excitement2. excite [ v ] act as a stimulant
Examples:
"The book stimulated her imagination"
"This play stimulates"
(E. Gellhorn, "Prolegomena to a theory of the emotions"...)
Since emotional reactions in the higher vertebrates depend_on individual experience and are aroused in man , in_addition , by complex symbols , one would expect that the hypothalamus could be excited from the cortex .
(John Cheever, "The Brigadier and the Golf Widow,"...)
The contributions were ahead_of what she had got the previous year , and while the money , of_course , was not hers , it excited her to stuff her kit with big checks .
Synonyms stimulate excite Related Terms stifle affect innervate irritate quicken nitrify stimulation excitation3. excite [ v ] stir feelings in
Examples:
"stimulate my appetite"
"excite the audience"
"stir emotions"
4. excite [ v ] stimulate sexually
Examples:
"This movie usually arouses the male audience"
5. excite [ v ] stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of
Examples:
"These stories shook the community"
"the civil war shook the country"
6. excite [ v ] cause to be agitated, excited, or roused
Examples:
"The speaker charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks"
7. excite [ v ] raise to a higher energy level
Examples:
"excite the atoms"
8. excite [ v ] produce a magnetic field in
Examples:
"excite the neurons"
Similar Spelling
exciteexit
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