stimulate

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Etymology [edit]

From Latin stimulātus, perfect passive participle of stimulō (goad on), from Latin stimulus (goad).

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stimulate (third-person singular simple present stimulates, present participle stimulating, simple past and past participle stimulated)

  1. To encourage into action.
  2. To arouse an organism to functional activity.

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stimulate

  1. present adverbial passive participle of stimuli

Latin [edit]

Verb [edit]

stimulāte

  1. first-person plural present active imperative of stimulō