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Word: Excite
Speech Type: Verb
Middle English (in the sense ‘incite someone to do something’): from Old French exciter or Latin excitare, frequentative of exciere ‘call out or forth’. excite (sense 1) dates from the mid 19th century
ɪkˈsʌɪt
ɛkˈsʌɪt
cause (someone) to feel very enthusiastic and eager
Short Definition:cause someone to feel enthusiastic
Examples:- flying still excites me
- Gould was excited by these discoveries
give rise to (a feeling or reaction)
Short Definition:give rise to feeling or reaction
Examples:- the ability to excite interest in others
produce a state of increased energy or activity in (a physical or biological system)
Short Definition:produce increased energy in system
Examples:- the energy of an electron is sufficient to excite the atom
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