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

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