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Verb
S:
(v)
excite
(arouse or elicit a feeling)
S:
(v)
stimulate
,
excite
(act as a stimulant)
"The book stimulated her imagination"; "This play stimulates"
S:
(v)
stimulate
,
excite
,
stir
(stir feelings in)
"stimulate my appetite"; "excite the audience"; "stir emotions"
S:
(v)
agitate
,
rouse
,
turn on
,
charge
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commove
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excite
,
charge up
(cause to be agitated, excited, or roused)
"The speaker charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks"
S:
(v)
arouse
,
sex
,
excite
,
turn on
,
wind up
(stimulate sexually)
"This movie usually arouses the male audience"
S:
(v)
stimulate
,
shake
,
shake up
,
excite
,
stir
(stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of)
"These stories shook the community"; "the civil war shook the country"
S:
(v)
excite
,
energize
,
energise
(raise to a higher energy level)
"excite the atoms"
S:
(v)
excite
(produce a magnetic field in)
"excite the neurons"