[QUOTE] [B][SIZE=4]"excite"[/SIZE][/B] [B]verb[/B] [LIST=1] [*]arouse or elicit a feeling [*]act as a stimulant; "The book stimulated her imagination"; "This play stimulates" [syn: [URL=http://www.word.sc/stimulate]stimulate[/URL]] [ant: [URL=http://www.word.sc/stifle]stifle[/URL]] [*]raise to a higher energy level; "excite the atoms" [syn: [URL=http://www.word.sc/energize]energize[/URL], [URL=http://www.word.sc/energise]energise[/URL]] [*]stir feelings in; "stimulate my appetite"; "excite the audience"; "stir emotions" [syn: [URL=http://www.word.sc/stimulate]stimulate[/URL], [URL=http://www.word.sc/stir]stir[/URL]] [*]cause to be agitated, excited, or roused; "The speaker charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks" [syn: [URL=http://www.word.sc/agitate]agitate[/URL], [URL=http://www.word.sc/rouse]rouse[/URL], [URL=http://www.word.sc/turn on]turn on[/URL], [URL=http://www.word.sc/charge]charge[/URL], [URL=http://www.word.sc/commove]commove[/URL], [URL=http://www.word.sc/charge up]charge up[/URL]] [ant: [URL=http://www.word.sc/calm]calm[/URL]] [*]stimulate sexually; "This movie usually arouses the male audience" [syn: [URL=http://www.word.sc/arouse]arouse[/URL], [URL=http://www.word.sc/sex]sex[/URL], [URL=http://www.word.sc/turn on]turn on[/URL], [URL=http://www.word.sc/wind up]wind up[/URL]] [*]stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of; "These stories shook the community"; "the civil war shook the country" [syn: [URL=http://www.word.sc/stimulate]stimulate[/URL], [URL=http://www.word.sc/shake]shake[/URL], [URL=http://www.word.sc/shake up]shake up[/URL], [URL=http://www.word.sc/stir]stir[/URL]] [*]produce a magnetic field in; "excite the neurons" [/LIST] Source: [URL=http://www.word.sc/excite]http://www.word.sc/excite[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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