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excite
[ ik-sahyt ]
verb (used with object)
- 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.
Synonyms:
- to cause; awaken:
to excite interest or curiosity.
- to stir to action; provoke or stir up:
to excite a dog by baiting him.
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- Physiology. to stimulate:
to excite a nerve.
- Electricity. to supply with electricity for producing electric activity or a magnetic field:
to excite a dynamo.
- Physics. to raise (an atom, molecule, etc.) to an excited state.
excite
/ ɪˈɪ /
verb
- to arouse (a person) to strong feeling, esp to pleasurable anticipation or nervous agitation
- to arouse or elicit (an emotion, response, etc); evoke
her answers excited curiosity
- to cause or bring about; stir up
to excite a rebellion
- to arouse sexually
- physiol to cause a response in or increase the activity of (an organ, tissue, or part); stimulate
- to raise (an atom, molecule, electron, nucleus, etc) from the ground state to a higher energy level
- to supply electricity to (the coils of a generator or motor) in order to create a magnetic field
- to supply a signal to a stage of an active electronic circuit
Other Word Forms
- e·ٱ verb (used with object) preexcited preexciting
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of excite1
Example Sentences
"I am just excited to be able to say I played against them. To share the field with them is special."
"I am excited because this is the day when we reunited, when we became one country again," Linh said.
There’s a lot to do, but I’m excited to bring something new to the area.
She said the project was "very exciting" and confirmed it would be "a piece with his music", but added: "I'm not saying more than that."
"We were all really excited because we were really looking forward to their future and he didn't get a chance to ask her, and then this happened," Ms Johnson said.
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