excite
See also: excité
English
Etymology
From Middle English exciten, from Old French exciter, from 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) (file) - Rhymes: -aɪt
- Hyphenation: ex‧cite
Verb
excite (third-person singular simple present excites, present participle exciting, simple past and past participle excited)
- (transitive) To stir the emotions of.
- The fireworks which opened the festivities excited anyone present.
- (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.
- (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.
- To energize (an electromagnet); to produce a magnetic field in.
- to excite a dynamo
Related terms
Translations
to stir the emotions of
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to arouse or bring out (eg feelings); to stimulate
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to cause an electron to move to a higher than normal state
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Further reading
- excite in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- excite in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
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