excite

See also: excité

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English exciten, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French exciter, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin excitare (“call out, call forth, arouse, wake up, stimulate”), frequentative of exciere (“call out, arouse excite”), from ex (“out”) + ciere (“call, summon”). See cite and compare to accite, concite, incite.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪkˈsaɪt/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -aɪt
• Hyphenation: ex‧cite

Verb

1. (transitive) To stir the emotions of.

   The fireworks which opened the festivities excited anyone present.

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

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

   The political reforms excited unrest among the 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.

4. To energize (an electromagnet); to produce a magnetic field in.

   to excite a dynamo

Antonyms

• relax, calm

Related terms

• excitement

Translations

to stir the emotions of

• Armenian: գրգռել (hy) (grgṙel)
• Bulgarian: вълнувам (bg) (vǎlnuvam)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 激動／激动 (zh) (jīdòng), 激动 (zh) (jīdòng)

• Czech: vzrušit
• Dutch: prikkelen (nl), opwinden (nl)
• Faroese: øsa
• Finnish: innostaa (fi), kiihottaa (fi)
• French: exciter (fr)
• Georgian: აგზნება (agzneba), აღელვება (aɣelveba)
• German: erregen (de)
• Greek:

  Ancient: ὄρνυμι (órnumi)

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• Hebrew: הלהיב m (helhiv), עורר m (orer)
• Icelandic: æsa
• Irish: ardaigh
• Italian: stimolare (it), eccitare (it), riaccendere
• Japanese: 興奮させる (ja) (こうふんさせる, kōfun saseru)
• Latin: commoveō (la)
• Portuguese: animar (pt), empolgar (pt), comover (pt)
• Romanian: excita (ro)
• Russian: волнова́ть (ru) impf (volnovátʹ), взволнова́ть (ru) pf (vzvolnovátʹ), возбужда́ть (ru) impf (vozbuždátʹ), возбуди́ть (ru) pf (vozbudítʹ)
• Spanish: emocionar (es)
• Swahili: sisimua
• Turkish: heyecanlandırmak (tr)

to arouse or bring out (eg feelings); to stimulate

• Armenian: գրգռել (hy) (grgṙel)
• Bulgarian: подбуждам (bg) (podbuždam), стимулирам (bg) (stimuliram)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 激發／激发 (zh) (jīfā), 激发 (zh) (jīfā)

• Czech: podnítit
• Dutch: stimuleren (nl), prikkelen (nl)
• Finnish: herättää (fi), synnyttää (fi)
• French: exciter (fr)
• Georgian: შეგულიანება (šegulianeba), სტიმულაცია (sṭimulacia), სტიმულირება (sṭimulireba)
• German: erregen (de), anregen (nerves)
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• Hebrew: עורר m (orer), ליבה (he) m (liba), דירבן m (dirben)
• Italian: provocare (it), accendere (it), stimolare (it)
• Japanese: 刺激する (ja) (しげきする, shigeki suru), 活性化させる (ja) (かっせいかさせる, kasseika saseru)
• Maori: whakakenakena
• Portuguese: provocar (pt)
• Russian: возбужда́ть (ru) impf (vozbuždátʹ), возбуди́ть (ru) pf (vozbudítʹ), стимули́ровать (ru) impf or pf (stimulírovatʹ)
• Spanish: estimular (es)
• Swahili: sisimua
• Turkish: teşvik etmek (tr)

to cause an electron to move to a higher than normal state

• Bulgarian: възбуждам (bg) (vǎzbuždam)
• Czech: excitovat
• Dutch: exciteren (nl)
• Finnish: virittää (fi)
• French: exciter (fr)
• Hebrew: עורר m (orer)
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• Italian: eccitare (it)
• Japanese: 励起する (れいきする, reiki suru)
• Russian: возбужда́ть (ru) impf (vozbuždátʹ), возбуди́ть (ru) pf (vozbudítʹ)
• Spanish: excitar (es)
• Swedish: excitera (sv)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Georgian: ^{(please verify)} აღელვება (aɣelveba), ^{(please verify)} აღგზნება (aɣgzneba)
• Ido: ^{(please verify)} ecitar (io)
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• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} excitar (es)

Further reading

• “excite”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “excite”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

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French

Verb

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. third-person singular present subjunctive of exciter
5. second-person singular imperative of exciter

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Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) excīte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of exciō

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Portuguese

Verb

excite

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Spanish

Verb

excite

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of excitar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of excitar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of excitar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of excitar.