excite
excite definition
ex·cite (ek sīt′, ik-)
transitive verb excited -·cit′ed, exciting -·cit′·ing
- to put into motion or activity; stir up tapping on the hive excited the bees
- to call forth; arouse; provoke the rumors excited her curiosity
- to arouse the feelings or passions of the news excited us
- Elec.
- to supply electric current to (the field winding of a motor, generator, or other device); also, to produce in this way a magnetic field in
- to supply a signal to (any stage of a vacuum-tube or transistor circuit)
- Physics to raise (a nucleus, atom, etc.) to a higher energy state
- Physiol. to produce or increase the response of (an organism, organ, tissue, etc.) to a proper stimulus
Etymology: ME exciten < OFr exciter < L excitare, to call forth, excite, freq. of exciere, to call forth < ex-, out + pp. of ciere, to call, summon: see cite
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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