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"word": "relax"
},
{
"word": "calm"
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"word": "self-excite"
}
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"4": "",
"5": "call out, call forth, arouse, wake up, stimulate"
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"etymology_text": "From Middle English exciten, from Old French exciter, from Latin excitare (“call out, call forth, arouse, wake up, stimulate”), frequentative of exciere (“call out, arouse, excite”), from ex (“out”) + ciere (“call, summon”). See cite and compare to accite, concite, incite.",
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"text": "The fireworks which opened the festivities excited anyone present.",
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"To stir the emotions of."
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"(transitive) To stir the emotions of."
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"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "grgṙel",
"sense": "to stir the emotions of",
"word": "գրգռել"
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"sense": "to stir the emotions of",
"word": "激動"
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{
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"sense": "to stir the emotions of",
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"sense": "to stir the emotions of",
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"sense": "to stir the emotions of",
"word": "innostaa"
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{
"_dis1": "88 6 3 3",
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"sense": "to stir the emotions of",
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"sense": "to stir the emotions of",
"word": "აგზნება"
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"sense": "to stir the emotions of",
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"sense": "to stir the emotions of",
"word": "æsa"
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"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to stir the emotions of",
"word": "ardaigh"
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to stir the emotions of",
"word": "stimolare"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 6 3 3",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to stir the emotions of",
"word": "eccitare"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 6 3 3",
"code": "it",
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"sense": "to stir the emotions of",
"word": "riaccendere"
},
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"alt": "こうふんさせる",
"code": "ja",
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"roman": "kōfun saseru",
"sense": "to stir the emotions of",
"word": "興奮させる"
},
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"sense": "to stir the emotions of",
"word": "commoveō"
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"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to stir the emotions of",
"word": "whakaihiihi"
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"code": "mi",
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"sense": "to stir the emotions of",
"word": "whakawana"
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"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to stir the emotions of",
"word": "animar"
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{
"_dis1": "88 6 3 3",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to stir the emotions of",
"word": "empolgar"
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{
"_dis1": "88 6 3 3",
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"sense": "to stir the emotions of",
"word": "comover"
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"sense": "to stir the emotions of",
"word": "excita"
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"code": "ru",
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"roman": "volnovátʹ",
"sense": "to stir the emotions of",
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"word": "волнова́ть"
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"word": "возбужда́ть"
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"roman": "vozbudítʹ",
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"word": "возбуди́ть"
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "to stir the emotions of",
"word": "emocionar"
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"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "to stir the emotions of",
"word": "sisimua"
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"code": "tr",
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"sense": "to stir the emotions of",
"word": "heyecanlandırmak"
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"text": "Favoritism tends to excite jealousy in the ones not being favored.",
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},
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"text": "The political reforms excited unrest among the population.",
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"text": "There are drugs designed to excite certain nerves in our body.",
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"ref": "[c. 1430, Guillaume de Deguileville, chapter LXXXXIX, in [anonymous], transl., edited by William Aldis Wright, The Pilgrimage of the Lyf of the Manhode. From the French (Cambridge University Library, MS Kk.1.7) (in Middle English), London: Printed for the Roxburghe Club; J[ohn] B[owyer] Nichols and Sons, […], published 1869, →OCLC, 1st part, folio 39, page 54",
"text": "[S]eint Poul seith and to the Romayns he hath writen that bi heeringe of swich ringinge men haven the feith perfytliche so that he putte not the ringinge in the scrippe but it exiteth the memorie in what manere men shulden bileeue\n[S]aint Paul says and to the Romans he has written that by hearing of such ringing men have the faith perfectly so that he did not put the ringing in the script but it exciteth the memory in what manner men should believe]",
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"(transitive) To arouse or bring out (e.g. feelings); to stimulate."
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"sense": "to arouse or bring out (e.g. feelings); to stimulate",
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"roman": "podbuždam",
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"sense": "to arouse or bring out (e.g. feelings); to stimulate",
"word": "激發"
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"roman": "jīfā",
"sense": "to arouse or bring out (e.g. feelings); to stimulate",
"word": "激发"
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"word": "herättää"
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"roman": "šegulianeba",
"sense": "to arouse or bring out (e.g. feelings); to stimulate",
"word": "შეგულიანება"
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"roman": "sṭimulacia",
"sense": "to arouse or bring out (e.g. feelings); to stimulate",
"word": "სტიმულაცია"
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"word": "anregen"
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"word": "provocare"
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"word": "accendere"
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"roman": "shigeki suru",
"sense": "to arouse or bring out (e.g. feelings); to stimulate",
"word": "刺激する"
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"alt": "かっせいかさせる",
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"roman": "kasseika saseru",
"sense": "to arouse or bring out (e.g. feelings); to stimulate",
"word": "活性化させる"
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"sense": "to arouse or bring out (e.g. feelings); to stimulate",
"word": "excitō"
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"word": "whakakenakena"
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"word": "onǣlan"
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"_dis1": "3 90 2 5",
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"imperfective"
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"word": "возбужда́ть"
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"roman": "vozbudítʹ",
"sense": "to arouse or bring out (e.g. feelings); to stimulate",
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"word": "возбуди́ть"
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"roman": "stimulírovatʹ",
"sense": "to arouse or bring out (e.g. feelings); to stimulate",
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"word": "стимули́ровать"
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"_dis1": "3 90 2 5",
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"sense": "to arouse or bring out (e.g. feelings); to stimulate",
"word": "estimular"
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"sense": "to arouse or bring out (e.g. feelings); to stimulate",
"word": "sisimua"
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"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to arouse or bring out (e.g. feelings); to stimulate",
"word": "teşvik etmek"
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"text": "By applying electric potential to the neon atoms, the electrons become excited, then emit a photon when returning to normal.",
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"_dis1": "1 2 95 2",
"code": "bg",
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"roman": "vǎzbuždam",
"sense": "to cause an electron to move to a higher than normal state",
"word": "възбуждам"
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{
"_dis1": "1 2 95 2",
"code": "cs",
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"sense": "to cause an electron to move to a higher than normal state",
"word": "excitovat"
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{
"_dis1": "1 2 95 2",
"code": "nl",
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"sense": "to cause an electron to move to a higher than normal state",
"word": "exciteren"
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{
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"word": "virittää"
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{
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"sense": "to stir the emotions of",
"word": "აგზნება"
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"code": "ka",
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"sense": "to stir the emotions of",
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"word": "prikkelen"
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"word": "herättää"
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"word": "შეგულიანება"
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"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to arouse or bring out (e.g. feelings); to stimulate",
"word": "teşvik etmek"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "vǎzbuždam",
"sense": "to cause an electron to move to a higher than normal state",
"word": "възбуждам"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to cause an electron to move to a higher than normal state",
"word": "excitovat"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to cause an electron to move to a higher than normal state",
"word": "exciteren"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to cause an electron to move to a higher than normal state",
"word": "virittää"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to cause an electron to move to a higher than normal state",
"word": "exciter"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "orer",
"sense": "to cause an electron to move to a higher than normal state",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "עורר"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to cause an electron to move to a higher than normal state",
"word": "eccitare"
},
{
"alt": "れいきする",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "reiki suru",
"sense": "to cause an electron to move to a higher than normal state",
"word": "励起する"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vozbuždátʹ",
"sense": "to cause an electron to move to a higher than normal state",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "возбужда́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vozbudítʹ",
"sense": "to cause an electron to move to a higher than normal state",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "возбуди́ть"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to cause an electron to move to a higher than normal state",
"word": "excitar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to cause an electron to move to a higher than normal state",
"word": "excitera"
}
],
"word": "excite"
}
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