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verb (used with object), ex·cit·ed, ex·cit·ing.
1.
to arouse or stir up the emotions or feelings of: to excite a person to anger; actions that excited his father's wrath.
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to arouse or stir up (emotions or feelings): to excite jealousy or hatred.
3.
to cause; awaken: to excite interest or curiosity.
4.
to stir to action; provoke or stir up: to excite a dog by baiting him.
5.
EXPANDPhysiology. to stimulate: to excite a nerve.
6.
Electricity. to supply with electricity for producing electric activity or a magnetic field: to excite a dynamo.
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COLLAPSEPhysics. to raise (an atom, molecule, etc.) to an excited state.
Origin:
1300–50; Middle English < Latin excitāre, equivalent to ex- ex-1 + citāre, frequentative of ciēre to set in motion
1300–50; Middle English < Latin excitāre, equivalent to ex- ex-1 + citāre, frequentative of ciēre to set in motion
Related forms
pre·ex·cite, verb (used with object), pre·ex·cit·ed, pre·ex·cit·ing.
Synonyms
1. stir, awaken, stimulate, animate, kindle, inflame. 2. evoke. 4. disturb, agitate, ruffle.
1. stir, awaken, stimulate, animate, kindle, inflame. 2. evoke. 4. disturb, agitate, ruffle.
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Ex-cite
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 chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
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