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EXCITE

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 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Act as a stimulant

Example:

This play stimulates

Synonyms:

excite; stimulate

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "excite" is one way to...):

affect; bear on; bear upon; impact; touch; touch on (have an effect upon)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "excite"):

invigorate; quicken (give life or energy to)

innervate (stimulate to action)

irritate (excite to some characteristic action or condition, such as motion, contraction, or nervous impulse, by the application of a stimulus)

Sentence frames:

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Derivation:

excitant ((of drugs e.g.) able to excite or stimulate)

excitation (something that agitates and arouses)

excitatory ((of drugs e.g.) able to excite or stimulate)

excitement (something that agitates and arouses)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Produce a magnetic field in

Example:

excite the neurons

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "excite" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
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Derivation:

excitation (the neural or electrical arousal of an organ or muscle or gland)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Raise to a higher energy level

Example:

excite the atoms

Synonyms:

energise; energize; excite

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "excite" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

excitatory ((of drugs e.g.) able to excite or stimulate)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of

Example:

the civil war shook the country

Synonyms:

excite; shake; shake up; stimulate; stir

Classified under:

Verbs of feeling

Hypernyms (to "excite" is one way to...):

arouse; elicit; enkindle; evoke; fire; kindle; provoke; raise (call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses))

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "excite"):

fuel (stimulate)

arouse; excite; sex; turn on; wind up (stimulate sexually)

affright; fright; frighten; scare (cause fear in)

thrill; tickle; vibrate (feel sudden intense sensation or emotion)

invite; tempt (give rise to a desire by being attractive or inviting)

elate; intoxicate; lift up; pick up; uplift (fill with high spirits; fill with optimism)

animate; enliven; exalt; inspire; invigorate (heighten or intensify)

titillate (excite pleasurably or erotically)

Sentence frames:

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Sentence example:

The performance is likely to excite Sue

Derivation:

excitation; excitement (the state of being emotionally aroused and worked up)

Sense 5

Meaning:

Stimulate sexually

Example:

This movie usually arouses the male audience

Synonyms:

arouse; excite; sex; turn on; wind up

Classified under:

Verbs of feeling

Hypernyms (to "excite" is one way to...):

excite; shake; shake up; stimulate; stir (stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "excite"):

tempt (try to seduce)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

Sentence example:

The performance is likely to excite Sue

Sense 6

Meaning:

Cause to be agitated, excited, or roused

Example:

The speaker charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks

Synonyms:

agitate; charge; charge up; commove; excite; rouse; turn on

Classified under:

Verbs of feeling

Hypernyms (to "excite" is one way to...):

disturb; trouble; upset (move deeply)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "excite"):

electrify (excite suddenly and intensely)

pother (make upset or troubled)

bother (make nervous or agitated)

hype up; psych up (get excited or stimulated)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

Sentence examples:

The bad news will excite him

The good news will excite her

Derivation:

excitant ((of drugs e.g.) able to excite or stimulate)

excitement (something that agitates and arouses)

Sense 7

Meaning:

Arouse or elicit a feeling

Classified under:

Verbs of feeling

Hypernyms (to "excite" is one way to...):

arouse; elicit; enkindle; evoke; fire; kindle; provoke; raise (call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses))

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "excite"):

enthuse (cause to feel enthusiasm)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

Derivation:

excitation (the state of being emotionally aroused and worked up)

excitement (the feeling of lively and cheerful joy)

excitement (the state of being emotionally aroused and worked up)

Sense 8

Meaning:

Stir feelings in

Example:

stir emotions

Synonyms:

excite; stimulate; stir

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

Hypernyms (to "excite" is one way to...):

sensitise; sensitize (cause to sense; make sensitive)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "excite"):

fuck off; jack off; jerk off; masturbate; she-bop; wank (get sexual gratification through self-stimulation)

masturbate (stimulate sexually)

horripilate (cause (someone's) hair to stand on end and to have goosebumps)

work (provoke or excite)

blow; fellate; go down on; suck (provide sexual gratification through oral stimulation)

thrill (cause to be thrilled by some perceptual input)

quicken; whet (make keen or more acute)

disgust; gross out; repel; revolt (fill with distaste)

Sentence frames:

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Derivation:

excitant ((of drugs e.g.) able to excite or stimulate)

excitation; excitement (the state of being emotionally aroused and worked up)

Credits

 Context examples: 

It grew more nervous and excited every moment.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

It looks like you will be able to travel and take an exciting vacation together.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

He excites at once my admiration and my pity to an astonishing degree.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

The DCEG Intramural Research Award (IRA) is a new competitive funding mechanism to encourage exciting interdisciplinary projects that are innovative and cross the usual organizational boundaries.

(Intramural Research Award, NCI Thesaurus)

Going home with a new baby is exciting, but it can be scary, too.

(Infant and Newborn Care, NIH)

The addition of energy to a system, thereby transferring it from its ground state to an excited state.

(Excitation, NCI Thesaurus)

You may feel full of energy, happy, and excited.

(Cocaine, NIH: National Institute on Drug Abuse)

An artifact resulting from the flow of excited spins out of the imaged slice.

(Exit of Excited Spins from the Volume, NCI Thesaurus)

A class of dyes when excited by light of certain wavelengths, emit photons and become fluorescent.

(Fluorochrome Dye, NCI Thesaurus)

Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS) Do you find life very exciting?

(GDS - Find Life Exciting, NCI Thesaurus)