STIMULATE

[verb] [T] - to encourage (something) to grow, develop or become activeThe government plans to cut taxes in order to stimulate the economy.The book was an attempt to stimulate discussion of the problem of global warming.If you stimulate someone, you make them full of ideas and enthusiasm.The film was intended to stimulate and amuse. [I]Good teachers should ask questions that stimulate the children to think. [T + object + to infinitive](specialized) If something stimulates part of the body, it causes it to move or react.These drugs stimulate the body's own defences.The drugs stimulate the damaged tissue into repairing itself.