Stimulate definition

stĭmyə-lāt
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To increase temporarily the activity of (a body organ or system, for example).
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To rouse to action or increased activity; excite.

A policy that stimulated people to protest; incentives to stimulate consumer spending.

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To cause to be interested or engaged.

Animals in zoos need to be stimulated to remain healthy.

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To cause to desire to have sex; arouse sexually.
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To excite or invigorate (a person, for example) with a stimulant.
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To invigorate or seem to invigorate, as by an alcoholic drink.
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To act or serve as a stimulant or stimulus.
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To rouse or excite to action or increased action; animate; spur on.
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To increase temporarily the activity of something such as a body organ or system.
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To excite or invigorate someone with a stimulant.
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To act as a stimulant or stimulus.
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(med., physiol.) To excite (an organ, part, etc.) to activity or increased activity.
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To cause to desire to have sex; arouse sexually.
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To encourage into action.
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To arouse an organism to functional activity.
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To stimulate is to excite, to invigorate or to spark someone's interest.

An example of stimulate is when you spark the growth of a plant by giving it plant food.

An example of stimulate is when a drug gets you going and makes you more hyper.

An example of stimulate is when you get someone involved in an engaging conversation that interests and inspires.

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To act or serve as a stimulant or stimulus.
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Origin of stimulate

  • Latin stimulāre stimulāt- to goad on from stimulus goad

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin stimulātus, perfect passive participle of stimulō (“goad on"), from Latin stimulus (“goad").

    From Wiktionary

Stimulate Sentence Examples

  • Maybe a good walk would stimulate her mind.

  • Macdonald entered upon his active career at a critical period in the history of Canada, and the circumstances of the time were calculated to stimulate political thought.

  • Without determining the French style, Italian intercourse helped to stimulate its formation and development.

  • Marshal Oyama sent his principal staff officers to stimulate Nogi to fresh efforts, and some exhausted units of the besieging army were replaced by fresh troops from Japan.

  • The great losses arising from spoilt hay crops served to stimulate experimental inquiry into the method of preserving green fodder known as ensilage, with the result that the system eventually became successfully incorporated in the ordinary routine of agricultural practice.

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