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| | stimulate | (v) act as a stimulant, Syn. excite, Ant. stifle, Example: The book stimulated her imagination; This play stimulates | | stimulate | (v) stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of, See also: stir up, Syn. excite, shake up, stir, shake, Example: These stories shook the community; the civil war shook the country | | stimulate | (v) cause to be alert and energetic, Syn. energize, energise, brace, perk up, arouse, Ant. de-energise, sedate, de-energize, Example: Coffee and tea stimulate me; This herbal infusion doesn't stimulate | | stimulate | (v) stir feelings in, Syn. excite, stir, Example: stimulate my appetite; excite the audience; stir emotions | | stimulation | (n) the act of arousing an organism to action | | stimulation | (n) any stimulating information or event; acts to arouse action, Syn. stimulant, input, stimulus | | stimulation | (n) (physiology) the effect of a stimulus (on nerves or organs etc.) | | stimulative | (adj) capable of arousing or accelerating physiological or psychological activity or response by a chemical agent, Ant. depressant |
| | Stimulate | v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Stimulated p. pr. & vb. n. Stimulating. ] [ L. stimulatus, p. p. of stimulare to prick or goad on, to incite, fr. stimulus a goad. See Stimulus. ] 1. To excite as if with a goad; to excite, rouse, or animate, to action or more vigorous exertion by some pungent motive or by persuasion; as, to stimulate one by the hope of reward, or by the prospect of glory. [ 1913 Webster ] To excite and stimulate us thereunto. Dr. J. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. (Physiol.) To excite; to irritate; especially, to excite the activity of (a nerve or an irritable muscle), as by electricity. [ 1913 Webster ] Syn. -- To animate; incite; encourage; impel; urge; instigate; irritate; exasperate; incense. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Stimulation | n. [ L. stimulatio: cf. F. stimulation. ] 1. The act of stimulating, or the state of being stimulated. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. (Physiol.) The irritating action of various agents (stimuli) on muscles, nerves, or a sensory end organ, by which activity is evoked; especially, the nervous impulse produced by various agents on nerves, or a sensory end organ, by which the part connected with the nerve is thrown into a state of activity; irritation. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Stimulative | a. Having the quality of stimulating. -- n. That which stimulates. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Stimulator | n. [ L.: cf. F. stimulateur. ] One who stimulates. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Stimulatress | n. A woman who stimulates. [ 1913 Webster ] |
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