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stimulate (ˈstɪmjʊˌleɪt) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | (tr; usually passive) to fill (a person) with ideas or enthusiasm: he was stimulated by the challenge |
| 2. | (tr) physiol to excite (a nerve, organ, etc) with a stimulus |
| 3. | to encourage (something) to start or progress further: a cut in interest rates should help stimulate economic recovery |
| [C16: from Latin stimulāre; see | |
| 'stimulable | |
| —adj | |
| stimu'lation | |
| —n | |
| 'stimulative | |
| —adj, —n | |
| 'stimulator | |
| —n | |
| 'stimulater | |
| —n | |
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'stimulator
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
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