superstimulate

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English

Etymology

super- +‎ stimulate

Verb

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  1. (transitive) To stimulate to a great degree.
    • 1912, Military Service Institution of the United States (volume 51, page 48)
      It had the good fortune to find a "Galliffet" to teach it how to handle itself and to superstimulate its best workers.
    • 1995, Ring T. Cardé, William J. Bell, Chemical ecology of insects 2 (page 345)
      High concentrations of synthetic pheromone appear to superstimulate E. flava males causing more of them to be trapped.