excite
Word Statistics
Standard vocabulary
Used frequently in everyday conversation
Moderate complexity
Analysis:
- • Common vocabulary word
- • Simple pronunciation
1. To stir the emotions of.
"The fireworks which opened the festivities excited anyone present."
2. To arouse or bring out (e.g. feelings); to stimulate.
"Favoritism tends to excite jealousy in the ones not being favored."
3. 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."
4. To energize (an electromagnet); to produce a magnetic field in.
"to excite a dynamo"
Source: en.wiktionary.org
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