What is the meaning of excite?

verb

  • Arouse or elicit a feeling.
  • Act as a stimulant.
    • usage: "The book stimulated her imagination"; "This play stimulates"
  • Stir feelings in.
    • usage: "stimulate my appetite"; "excite the audience"; "stir emotions"
  • Cause to be agitated, excited, or roused.
    • usage: "The speaker charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks"
  • Stimulate sexually.
    • usage: "This movie usually arouses the male audience"
  • Stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of.
    • usage: "These stories shook the community"; "the civil war shook the country"
  • Raise to a higher energy level.
    • usage: "excite the atoms"
  • Produce a magnetic field in.
    • usage: "excite the neurons"
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