excite

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Verb 1.3.1 Antonyms 1.3.2 Related terms 1.3.3 Translations 1.3.4 External links 2 French 2.1 Verb

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[edit] Etymology

< Middle English exciten < Old French exciter < Latin excitare (“‘call out, call forth, arouse, wake up, stimulate’”), frequentative of exciere (“‘call out, arouse excite’”) < ex (“‘out’”) + ciere (“‘call, summon’”). See cite and compare to accite, concite, incite.

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to excite (third-person singular simple present excites, present participle exciting, simple past and past participle excited)

1. (transitive) To stir the emotions of.

   The fireworks which opened the festivities excited anyone present.

2. (transitive) To arouse or bring out (eg feelings); to stimulate.

   Favoritism tends to excite jealousy in the ones not being favored.

   The political reforms excited unrest among to population.

   There are drugs designed to excite certain nerves in our body.

3. (transitive), (physics) To cause an electron to move to a higher than normal state; to promote an electron to an outer level.

   By applying electric potential to the neon atoms, the electrons become excited, then emit a photon when returning to normal.

[edit] Antonyms

• relax, calm

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• excitement

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[edit] External links

• excite in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• excite in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

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excite

1. first-person singular present indicative of exciter.
2. third-person singular present indicative of exciter.
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of exciter.
4. first-person singular present subjunctive of exciter.
5. second-person singular imperative of exciter.