Definitions for excite

Overview of verb excite

The verb excite has 8 senses? (first 2 from tagged texts)

1. (8) excite

(arouse or elicit a feeling)

2. (4) stimulate, excite

(act as a stimulant; "The book stimulated her imagination"; "This play stimulates")

3. stimulate, excite, stir

(stir feelings in; "stimulate my appetite"; "excite the audience"; "stir emotions")

4. agitate, rouse, turn on, charge, commove, excite, charge up

(cause to be agitated, excited, or roused; "The speaker charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks")

5. arouse, sex, excite, turn on, wind up

(stimulate sexually; "This movie usually arouses the male audience")

6. stimulate, shake, shake up, excite, stir

(stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of; "These stories shook the community"; "the civil war shook the country")

7. excite, energize, energise

(raise to a higher energy level; "excite the atoms")

8. excite

(produce a magnetic field in; "excite the neurons")