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Key: "S:" = Show Synset (semantic) relations, "W:" = Show Word (lexical) relations

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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"

S: (v) affect (act physically on; have an effect upon) "the medicine affects my heart rate"

S: (v) attack (begin to injure) "The cancer cells are attacking his liver"; "Rust is attacking the metal"
S: (v) ulcerate (affect with an ulcer) "Her stomach was ulcerated"
S: (v) sedate, calm, tranquilize, tranquillize, tranquillise (cause to be calm or quiet as by administering a sedative to) "The patient must be sedated before the operation"
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"
S: (v) tense, strain, tense up (cause to be tense and uneasy or nervous or anxious) "he got a phone call from his lawyer that tensed him up"
S: (v) relax, unstrain, unlax, loosen up, unwind, make relaxed (cause to feel relaxed) "A hot bath always relaxes me"
S: (v) cramp (affect with or as if with a cramp)
S: (v) jaundice (affect with, or as if with, jaundice)
S: (v) register (enter into someone's consciousness) "Did this event register in your parents' minds?"
S: (v) intoxicate, soak, inebriate (make drunk (with alcoholic drinks))

S: (v) excite, energize, energise (raise to a higher energy level) "excite the atoms"

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"