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Meaning of excite

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  excite
      v 1: arouse or elicit a feeling
      2: act as a stimulant; "The book stimulated her imagination";
         "This play stimulates" [syn: {stimulate}, {excite}] [ant:
         {dampen}, {stifle}]
      3: stir feelings in; "stimulate my appetite"; "excite the
         audience"; "stir emotions" [syn: {stimulate}, {excite},
         {stir}]
      4: cause to be agitated, excited, or roused; "The speaker
         charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks" [syn:
         {agitate}, {rouse}, {turn on}, {charge}, {commove}, {excite},
         {charge up}] [ant: {calm}, {calm down}, {lull}, {quiet},
         {quieten}, {still}, {tranquilize}, {tranquillise},
         {tranquillize}]
      5: stimulate sexually; "This movie usually arouses the male
         audience" [syn: {arouse}, {sex}, {excite}, {turn on}, {wind
         up}]
      6: stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of; "These stories
         shook the community"; "the civil war shook the country" [syn:
         {stimulate}, {shake}, {shake up}, {excite}, {stir}]
      7: raise to a higher energy level; "excite the atoms" [syn:
         {excite}, {energize}, {energise}]
      8: produce a magnetic field in; "excite the neurons"

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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