transitive verb excited -·cit′ed, exciting -·cit′·ing

1. to put into motion or activity; stir up tapping on the hive excited the bees
2. to call forth; arouse; provoke the rumors excited her curiosity
3. to arouse the feelings or passions of the news excited us
4. Elec.
   1. 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
   2. to supply a signal to (any stage of a vacuum-tube or transistor circuit)
5. Physics to raise (a nucleus, atom, etc.) to a higher energy state
6. 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