- (v.t.) To excite as if with a goad; to excite, rouse or animate, to action or more vigorous exertion by some pungent motive or by persuasion; as, to stimulate one by the hope of reward or by the prospect of glory.
- (v.t.) To excite; to irritate; especially, to excite the activity of (a nerve or an irritable muscle), as by electricity.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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