EXCITE

transitive verb (~d; exciting) see: cite Date: 14th century 1. to call to activity, to rouse to an emotional response , to arouse (as a strong emotional response) by appropriate stimuli , 2. energize , to produce a magnetic field in , to increase the activity of (as a living organism) ; stimulate , to raise (as an atomic nucleus, an atom, or a molecule) to a higher energy level, see: provoke ~dly adverb