excite
excite Lexical Profile
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• verb
To cause someone to feel very enthusiastic, eager, or animated about something.
"The prospect of studying abroad in Rome next semester really excites her."
To arouse, stir up, or provoke a particular feeling, reaction, or state.
"The discovery of the ancient manuscript excited great curiosity among historians."
To raise an atom, molecule, or subatomic particle to a higher energy state, or to stimulate a living tissue or organ into physiological activity (in physics and physiology).
"Ultraviolet light excites the electrons within the fluorescent material, causing it to glow."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in Middle English from Old French exciter, which derives from the Latin excitare ('to rouse, call forth, or set in motion'), a frequentative form of exciere ('to call out').