excite
verbEtymology
From Middle English exciten, from Old French exciter, from Latin excitō (“to call out, call forth, arouse, wake up, stimulate”), frequentative of excieō (“to call out, arouse, excite”), from ex (“out”) + cieō (“to call, summon”). See cite and compare to accite, concite, incite.
Definitions
To stir the emotions of
To stir the emotions of; to cause to feel excitement.
- The fireworks which opened the festivities excited anyone present.
To arouse or bring out (e.g. feelings)
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.
- Smugglers operating secretly so as not to excite suspicion.
To cause an electron to move to a higher than normal state
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.
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To energize (an electromagnet)
To energize (an electromagnet); to produce a magnetic field in.
- to excite a dynamo
The neighborhood
- neighborexcitement
- neighborexcitation
Derived
deexcite, excitability, excitable, excitative, exciteful, excitive, exciton, excitosome, excitron, overexcite, photoexcite, preexcite, self-excite, sexcite, superexcite
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at excite. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at excite. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
7 hops · closes at excite
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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