Verb

• S: (v) stimulate, arouse, brace, energize, energise, perk up (cause to be alert and energetic) "Coffee and tea stimulate me"; "This herbal infusion doesn't stimulate"
• direct troponym / full troponym
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (v) affect (act physically on; have an effect upon) "the medicine affects my heart rate"
• S: (v) change, alter, modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation) "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"
• antonym
• derivationally related form
• sentence frame
• S: (v) excite, energize, energise (raise to a higher energy level) "excite the atoms"
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (v) change, alter, modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation) "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"
• direct troponym / full troponym
• cause
• derivationally related form
• sentence frame
• derivationally related form
• sentence frame