STIMULATE

verb (-lated; -lating) see: style Date: 1566 transitive verb to excite to activity or growth or to greater activity ; animate , arouse , 2. to function as a physiological stimulus to, to arouse or affect by a stimulant (as a drug), intransitive verb to act as a stimulant or stimulus, see: provoke stimulation noun stimulative adjective stimulator noun stimulatory adjective