3 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Stimulate \Stim"u*late\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stimulated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Stimulating}.] [L. stimulatus, p. p. of stimulare to prick or goad on, to incite, fr. stimulus a goad. See {Stimulus}.] 1. To excite as if with a goad; to excite, rouse, or animate, to action or more vigorous exertion by some pungent motive or by persuasion; as, to stimulate one by the hope of reward, or by the prospect of glory. [1913 Webster] To excite and stimulate us thereunto. --Dr. J. Scott. [1913 Webster] 2. (Physiol.) To excite; to irritate; especially, to excite the activity of (a nerve or an irritable muscle), as by electricity. [1913 Webster] Syn: To animate; incite; encourage; impel; urge; instigate; irritate; exasperate; incense. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: stimulated adj : emotionally aroused [syn: {stirred}, {stirred up}, {aroused}] From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]: 50 Moby Thesaurus words for "stimulated": actuated, agog, animated, aquiver, aroused, atingle, atwitter, bursting, carried away, ebullient, effervescent, energized, excited, exhilarated, fired, high, hopped up, impassioned, impelled, inclined, inflamed, inner-directed, invigorated, keyed up, lathered up, manic, minded, motivated, moved, other-directed, prompted, ready to burst, reanimated, recharged, recreated, refreshed, renewed, revived, roused, steamed up, stirred, stirred up, thrilled, tingling, tingly, turned-on, whipped up, worked up, wrought up, yeasty
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