About The Word Stimulate
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Stimulate
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What's The Definition Of Stimulate?
[v] cause to be alert and energetic; "Coffee and tea stimulate me"; "This herbal infusion doesn't stimulate"
[v] act as a stimulant; "The book stimulated her imagination"; "This play stimulates" [v] cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner; "The ads induced me to buy a VCR"; "My children finally got me to buy a computer"; "My wife made me buy a new sofa" [v] provide the needed stimulus for [v] stir the feelings or emotions of; "These stories shook the community" [v] of bodily processes such as fever, illness, etc. [v] stir feelings in; "stimulate my appetite"; "excite the audience"; "stir emotions" Synonyms | Synonyms for Stimulate: arouse | brace | cause | energise | energize | excite | excite | excite | get | hasten | have | induce | induce | make | perk up | provoke | rush | shake | shake up | stir | stir Related Terms | Find terms related to Stimulate: See Also | affect | affright | agitate | agitate | animate | animate | arouse | blow | bring | bring about | cathect | challenge | compel | decide | disgust | effect | effectuate | elate | elicit | encourage | enkindle | enliven | enliven | entice | evoke | exalt | fellate | fire | foment | foment | fright | frighten | fuck off | fuel | go down on | horripilate | incite | innervate | inspire | inspire | instigate | intoxicate | invigorate | invigorate | invigorate | invite | irritate | jack off | jerk off | jog | kindle | lead | let | lift up | liven | liven up | lure | masturbate | obligate | oblige | persuade | pick up | prompt | provoke | quicken | quicken | quicken | raise | reanimate | recreate | reinvigorate | rejuvenate | renovate | repair | repel | revive | revivify | revolt | scare | sensitise | sensitize | set off | set up | sex | she-bop | solicit | stir up | stir up | suborn | sway | tempt | tempt | thrill | thrill | tickle | titillate | turn on | uplift | vibrate | vivify | wank | whet | wind up | work Stimulate In Webster's Dictionary \Stim"u*late\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stimulated}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Stimulating}.] [L. stimulatus, p. p. of
stimulare to prick or goad on, to incite, fr. stimulus a
goad. See {Stimulus}.]
1. 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.
To excite and stimulate us thereunto. --Dr. J.
Scott.
2. (Physiol.) To excite; to irritate; especially, to excite
the activity of (a nerve or an irritable muscle), as by
electricity.
Syn: To animate; incite; encourage; impel; urge; instigate;
irritate; exasperate; incense.
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