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Variant of stimulate

stimulate Definition

stimu·late (-lāt′)

transitive verb stimulated -·lat′ed, stimulating -·lat′·ing

  1. to rouse or excite to action or increased action; animate; spur on
  2. to invigorate or seem to invigorate, as by an alcoholic drink
  3. Med., Physiol. to excite (an organ, part, etc.) to activity or increased activity

Etymology: < L stimulatus, pp. of stimulare, to prick, goad, excite < stimulus: see stimulus

intransitive verb

to act as a stimulant or stimulus

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stimulated Synonyms

stimulated

modif.

aroused, keyed up, speeded up, accelerated; see excited.

stimulated Usage Examples

Object

  • debate: At the design festival, the sculptures stimulated debate about how to improve the site.

Modifying Another Word

  • electrically: Electrically stimulated bone healing is usually used only in severe breaks and spinal injuries, where the body has difficulty healing itself.
  • optically: The method optically stimulated luminescence ( OSL ) is a way of establishing the age of soil sediments.

Used with why or when

  • when: Furthermore, knowledge acquisition and information gathering activity will be stimulated when progress becomes difficult.

Infinitive complement

  • produce: Pollen tube When a pollen grain lands on the stigma of a flower, it is stimulated to produce a pollen tube.
  • develop: Of the 71 eggs obtained, 22 eggs were chemically stimulated to develop parthenogenetically, and 19 were used for nuclear transplant cloning.
  • do: Hopefully they will be stimulated to do so, but ultimately it is their personal choice.

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