EXCITE Definition & Meaning

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excite

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verb (used with object)

excited, exciting.

to arouse or stir up the emotions or feelings of:
to excite a person to anger; actions that excited his father's wrath.
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to arouse or stir up (emotions or feelings):
to excite jealousy or hatred.
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to cause; awaken:
to excite interest or curiosity.
to stir to action; provoke or stir up:
to excite a dog by baiting him.
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Physiology. to stimulate:
to excite a nerve.
Electricity. to supply with electricity for producing electric activity or a magnetic field:
to excite a dynamo.
Physics. to raise (an atom, molecule, etc.) to an excited state.

excite

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verb

to arouse (a person) to strong feeling, esp to pleasurable anticipation or nervous agitation
to arouse or elicit (an emotion, response, etc); evoke
her answers excited curiosity
to cause or bring about; stir up
to excite a rebellion
to arouse sexually
physiol to cause a response in or increase the activity of (an organ, tissue, or part); stimulate
to raise (an atom, molecule, electron, nucleus, etc) from the ground state to a higher energy level
to supply electricity to (the coils of a generator or motor) in order to create a magnetic field
to supply a signal to a stage of an active electronic circuit

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Other 51�Թ� Forms

��e��·��ٱ� verb (used with object) preexcited preexciting

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of excite¹

First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English, from Latin ��泦��, from ex- ex- ¹ + �� “to move repeatedly, set in motion, summon” (from ��ŧ�� “to arouse, cause to go, move”)

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of excite¹

C14: from Latin ��泦��, from ex��ŧ�� to stimulate, from ��ŧ�� to set in motion, rouse

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All the Angels fans are so excited that I’m wearing the Angels uniform.

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Bell is already excited for the potential, after having led teams that found a volcano underneath the west Antarctic ice sheet and that spotted several lakes embedded in ice roughly two miles thick.

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Nandi added: "I am excited for what is to come. I would love to write more songs and perform gigs with my band and go with the flow."

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The film crew's base camp was near Holiday Home Yorkshire in Reeth, whose owner said it was "very exciting" seeing the trailers in the tiny village.

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She told the BBC she was excited about the console and its various games, but was concerned about the cost involved.

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