FromMiddle English exciten Old French exciter Latin excitō ( “ to call out, call forth, arouse, wake up, stimulate ” ) , frequentative ofexcieō ( “ to call out, arouse, excite ” ) , fromex ( “ out ” ) +cieō ( “ to call, summon ” ) . Seecite and compare toaccite ,concite ,incite .
excite (third-person singular simple present excites present participle exciting simple past and past participle excited
( transitive ) stir theemotions of; to cause to feelexcitement .Synonyms: affect move touch Antonyms: relax calm The fireworks which opened the festivitiesexcited anyone present.
( transitive ) arouse or bring out (e.g. feelings); tostimulate .Synonyms: instigate fire provoke see also Thesaurus:incite ,Thesaurus:thrill Favoritism tends toexcite jealousy in the ones not being favored.
The political reformsexcited unrest among the population.
Smugglers operating secretly so as not toexcite suspicion.
1840 , Randolph Roscoe,The Emerald (page 53)[S]he assured them [ …] that they had better follow her to a place of safety. They were at lengthexcited , by her mere importunance to leave the room, and soon after the house. [c. 1430 Guillaume de Deguileville , chapter LXXXXIX, in[ anonymous] , transl., edited byWilliam Aldis Wright ,The Pilgrimage of the Lyf of the Manhode. From the French Cambridge University Library , MS Kk.1.7) (in Middle English), London: Printed for theRoxburghe Club ;J[ ohn] B[ owyer] Nichols and Sons , [ … ] 1869 ,→OCLC page54 : [S]eint Poul seith and to the Romayns he hath writen that bi heeringe of swich ringinge men haven the feith perfytliche so that he putte not the ringinge in the scrippe but itexiteth the memorie in what manere men shulden bileeue [S]aintPaul says and to the Romans he has written that by hearing of such ringing men have the faith perfectly so that he did not put the ringing in the script but itexciteth the memory in what manner men should believe ]( transitive , physics ) cause anelectron to move to ahigher than normalstate ; topromote an electron to an outerlevel .By applying electric potential to the neon atoms, the electrons becomeexcited , then emit a photon when returning to normal.
Toenergize (anelectromagnet ); to produce amagnetic field in.toexcite a dynamo
to stir the emotions of
Albanian:n'zit Armenian:գրգռել (hy) ( grgṙel ) Bulgarian:вълнувам (bg) ( vǎlnuvam ) Catalan:emocionar (ca) Chinese:Mandarin:激動 / 激动 (zh) ( jīdòng ) Czech:vzrušit Dutch:prikkelen (nl) ,opwinden (nl) Esperanto:eksciti (eo) Faroese:øsa Finnish:innostaa (fi) ,kiihottaa (fi) French:exciter (fr) Georgian:აგზნება ( agzneba ) ,აღელვება ( aɣelveba ) German:erregen (de) Greek:Ancient Greek:ὄρνυμι ( órnumi ) Hebrew:הלהיב m ( helhiv ) ,עורר (he) m ( orer ) Hindi:उत्तेजित करना ( uttejit karnā ) ,उत्साहित करना ( utsāhit karnā ) Icelandic:æsa Irish:ardaigh Italian:stimolare (it) ,eccitare (it) ,riaccendere Japanese:興奮させる (ja) ( こうふんさせる, kōfun saseru ) Latin:commoveō (la) Māori:whakaihiihi whakawana Marathi:उत्तेजित करणे ( uttejit karṇe ) Portuguese:animar (pt) ,empolgar (pt) ,comover (pt) Romanian:excita (ro) Russian:волнова́ть (ru) impf ( volnovátʹ ) ,взволнова́ть (ru) pf ( vzvolnovátʹ ) ,возбужда́ть (ru) impf ( vozbuždátʹ ) ,возбуди́ть (ru) pf ( vozbudítʹ ) Spanish:emocionar (es) Swahili:sisimua Turkish:heyecanlandırmak (tr)
to arouse or bring out (e.g. feelings); to stimulate
Armenian:գրգռել (hy) ( grgṙel ) Bulgarian:подбуждам (bg) ( podbuždam ) ,стимулирам (bg) ( stimuliram ) Chinese:Mandarin:激發 / 激发 (zh) ( jīfā ) Czech:podnítit Dutch:stimuleren (nl) ,prikkelen (nl) Finnish:herättää (fi) ,synnyttää (fi) French:exciter (fr) Georgian:შეგულიანება ( šegulianeba ) ,სტიმულაცია ( sṭimulacia ) ,სტიმულირება ( sṭimulireba ) German:erregen (de) ,anregen (de) ( nerves ) Greek:Ancient Greek:ὄρνυμι ( órnumi ) Hebrew:עורר (he) m ( orer ) ,ליבה (he) m ( liba ) ,דירבן m ( dirben ) Italian:provocare (it) ,accendere (it) ,stimolare (it) Japanese:刺激する (ja) ( しげきする, shigeki suru ) ,活性化させる (ja) ( かっせいかさせる, kasseika saseru ) Latin:excitō Māori:whakakenakena Old English:onǣlan Portuguese:provocar (pt) Russian:возбужда́ть (ru) impf ( vozbuždátʹ ) ,возбуди́ть (ru) pf ( vozbudítʹ ) ,стимули́ровать (ru) impf or pf ( stimulírovatʹ ) Spanish:estimular (es) Swahili:sisimua Turkish:teşvik etmek (tr)
to cause an electron to move to a higher than normal state
Translations to be checked
“excite ”, inWebster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary G. & C. Merriam ,1913 ,→OCLC William Dwight Whitney ,Benjamin E[li] Smith , editors (1911 ), “excite ”, inThe Century Dictionary [ … ] The Century Co. ,→OCLC excite
inflection ofexciter first / third-person singular present indicative / subjunctive second-person singular imperative excīte
second-person plural present active imperative ofexciō ( Portugal ) IPA (key ) : ( careful pronunciation ) /(i)ʃˈsi.tɨ/ ,/(i)ˈʃi.tɨ/ ,( careful pronunciation ) /ɐjʃˈsi.tɨ/ ,/ɐjˈʃi.tɨ/ ( Portugal ) IPA (key ) : ( careful pronunciation ) /(i)ʃˈsi.tɨ/ ,/(i)ˈʃi.tɨ/ ,( careful pronunciation ) /ɐjʃˈsi.tɨ/ ,/ɐjˈʃi.tɨ/ ( Northern Portugal ) IPA (key ) : ( careful pronunciation ) /(i)ʃˈsi.tɨ/ ,/(i)ˈʃi.tɨ/ ,( careful pronunciation ) /ejʃˈsi.tɨ/ ,/ejˈʃi.tɨ/ ( Central Portugal ) IPA (key ) : ( careful pronunciation ) /(i)ʃˈsi.tɨ/ ,/(i)ˈʃi.tɨ/ ,( careful pronunciation ) /ejʃˈsi.tɨ/ ,/ejˈʃi.tɨ/ ( Southern Portugal ) IPA (key ) : ( careful pronunciation ) /(i)ʃˈsi.tɨ/ ,/(i)ˈʃi.tɨ/ ,( careful pronunciation ) /eʃˈsi.tɨ/ ,/eˈʃi.tɨ/
excite
inflection ofexcitar first / third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative excite
third-person singular / plural present subjunctive ofexcita excite
inflection ofexcitar first / third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative 
