2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Excite \Ex*cite"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Excited}; p. pr & vb
n. {exciting}.] [L. excitare; ex out + citare to move
rapidly, to rouse: cf OF esciter, exciter, F. exciter. See
{Cite}.]
1. To call to activity in any way to rouse to feeling; to
kindle to passionate emotion; to stir up to combined or
general activity; as to excite a person, the spirits, the
passions; to excite a mutiny or insurrection; to excite
heat by friction.
2. (Physiol.) To call forth or increase the vital activity of
an organism, or any of its parts
Syn: To incite; awaken; animate; rouse or arouse; stimulate;
inflame; irritate; provoke.
Usage: To {Excite}, {Incite}. When we excite we rouse into
action feelings which were less strong; when we incite
we spur on or urge forward to a specific act or end
Demosthenes excited the passions of the Athenians
against Philip, and thus incited the whole nation to
unite in the war against him Antony, by his speech
over the body of C[ae]sar, so excited the feelings of
the populace, that Brutus and his companions were
compelled to flee from Rome; many however, were
incited to join their standard, not only by love of
liberty, but hopes of plunder.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
excited
adj 1: of persons; excessively affected by emotion; "he would
become emotional over nothing at all" [syn: {aroused},
{emotional}]
2: in an aroused state [ant: {unexcited}]
3: marked by uncontrolled excitement or emotion; "a crowd of
delirious baseball fans"; "something frantic in their
gaiety"; "a mad whirl of pleasure" [syn: {delirious}, {frantic},
{mad}, {unrestrained}]
4: (physics) of e.g. a molecule; made reactive or more reactive
[syn: {activated}]
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