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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.
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              To excite and stimulate us thereunto. --Dr. J.
                                                    Scott.
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     2. (Physiol.) To excite; to irritate; especially, to excite
        the activity of (a nerve or an irritable muscle), as by
        electricity.
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     Syn: To animate; incite; encourage; impel; urge; instigate;
          irritate; exasperate; incense.
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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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