"stimulate" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ˈstɪm.jʊ.leɪt/ [UK], /ˈstɪm.jəˌleɪt/ [US] Audio: En-us-stimulate.ogg [US] Forms: stimulates [present, singular, third-person], stimulating [participle, present], stimulated [participle, past], stimulated [past]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin stimulātus, perfect passive participle of stimulō (“goad on”), from Latin stimulus (“goad”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|stimulātus}} Latin stimulātus, {{m|la|stimulō||goad on}} stimulō (“goad on”), {{uder|en|la|stimulus||goad}} Latin stimulus (“goad”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} stimulate (third-person singular simple present stimulates, present participle stimulating, simple past and past participle stimulated)
  1. To encourage into action. Synonyms (encourage): encourage Translations (to encourage into action): ἐρεθίζω (erethízō) (Ancient Greek), գրգռել (grgṙel) (Armenian), стымулява́ць (stymuljavácʹ) [imperfective, perfective] (Belarusian), подбуждам (podbuždam) (Bulgarian), estimular (Catalan), 刺激 (cìjī) (Chinese Mandarin), podnítit (Czech), stimuleren (Dutch), aansporen (Dutch), prikkelen (Dutch), stimuli (Esperanto), piristää (Finnish), yllyttää (Finnish), ärsyttää (Finnish), elvyttää (english: the economy) [usually] (Finnish), stimuloida (Finnish), stimuler (French), estimular (Galician), stimulieren (German), παρακινώ (parakinó) (Greek), παροτρύνω (parotrýno) (Greek), elősegít (Hungarian), stimolare (Italian), 刺激する (shigeki suru) (alt: しげきする) (Japanese), commoveō (Latin), ħeġġeġ (Maltese), whakahohe (Maori), whakaihiihi (Maori), whakahihiko (Maori), whakamanawa (Maori), stînmuler (Norman), hander kirin [feminine] (Northern Kurdish), estimular (Occitan), انگیختن (Persian), برانگیختن (Persian), تَحرِیک کردن (Persian), تَشوِیق کردن (Persian), stymulować [imperfective] (Polish), estimular (Portuguese), incentivar (Portuguese), stimula (Romanian), стимули́ровать (stimulírovatʹ) (Russian), estimular (Spanish), egga (Swedish), reta (Swedish), sporra (Swedish), стимулюва́ти (stymuljuváty) [imperfective, perfective] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-stimulate-en-verb-58BchO~t Disambiguation of 'encourage': 95 5 Disambiguation of 'to encourage into action': 99 1
  2. To arouse an organism to functional activity. Synonyms (arouse): animate Translations (to arouse an organism to functional activity): stimuloj (Albanian), գրգռել (grgṙel) (Armenian), стимулирам (stimuliram) (Bulgarian), estimular (Catalan), 刺激 (cìjī) (Chinese Mandarin), stimuleren (Dutch), prikkelen (Dutch), stimuli (Esperanto), kiihottaa (Finnish), elvyttää (Finnish), stimuloida (Finnish), stimuler (French), stimulieren (German), διεγείρω (diegeíro) (Greek), stimolare (Italian), 刺激する (shigeki suru) (alt: しげきする) (Japanese), stînmuler (Norman), تحریکیدن (Persian), estimular (Portuguese), stimula (Romanian), стимули́ровать (stimulírovatʹ) (Russian), estimular (Spanish), ge näring åt (Swedish), pigga upp (Swedish), stimulera (Swedish), väcka (Swedish), збу́джувати (zbúdžuvaty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), збуди́ти (zbudýty) [perfective] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-stimulate-en-verb-SG2m6Mgo Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 74 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 12 88 Disambiguation of 'arouse': 6 94 Disambiguation of 'to arouse an organism to functional activity': 1 99
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: induce, incite, provoke, arouse, energize, energise, excite, perk up, enliven Related terms: stimulant, stimulation, stimulator, stimulatory, stimulus

Inflected forms

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          "roman": "cìjī",
          "sense": "to encourage into action",
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          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to encourage into action",
          "word": "podnítit"
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          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to encourage into action",
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to encourage into action",
          "word": "aansporen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to encourage into action",
          "word": "prikkelen"
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "to encourage into action",
          "word": "stimuli"
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        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to encourage into action",
          "word": "piristää"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to encourage into action",
          "word": "yllyttää"
        },
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to encourage into action",
          "word": "ärsyttää"
        },
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          "english": "the economy",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to encourage into action",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "elvyttää"
        },
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to encourage into action",
          "word": "stimuloida"
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to encourage into action",
          "word": "stimuler"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to encourage into action",
          "word": "estimular"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to encourage into action",
          "word": "stimulieren"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "parakinó",
          "sense": "to encourage into action",
          "word": "παρακινώ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "parotrýno",
          "sense": "to encourage into action",
          "word": "παροτρύνω"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "erethízō",
          "sense": "to encourage into action",
          "word": "ἐρεθίζω"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to encourage into action",
          "word": "elősegít"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to encourage into action",
          "word": "stimolare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "alt": "しげきする",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "shigeki suru",
          "sense": "to encourage into action",
          "word": "刺激する"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "kmr",
          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
          "sense": "to encourage into action",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "hander kirin"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to encourage into action",
          "word": "commoveō"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "mt",
          "lang": "Maltese",
          "sense": "to encourage into action",
          "word": "ħeġġeġ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to encourage into action",
          "word": "whakahohe"
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          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to encourage into action",
          "word": "whakaihiihi"
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        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to encourage into action",
          "word": "whakahihiko"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to encourage into action",
          "word": "whakamanawa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "nrf",
          "lang": "Norman",
          "sense": "to encourage into action",
          "word": "stînmuler"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "to encourage into action",
          "word": "estimular"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "sense": "to encourage into action",
          "word": "انگیختن"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "sense": "to encourage into action",
          "word": "برانگیختن"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "sense": "to encourage into action",
          "word": "تَحرِیک کردن"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "sense": "to encourage into action",
          "word": "تَشوِیق کردن"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to encourage into action",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "stymulować"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to encourage into action",
          "word": "estimular"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to encourage into action",
          "word": "incentivar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to encourage into action",
          "word": "stimula"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "stimulírovatʹ",
          "sense": "to encourage into action",
          "word": "стимули́ровать"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to encourage into action",
          "word": "estimular"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to encourage into action",
          "word": "egga"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to encourage into action",
          "word": "reta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to encourage into action",
          "word": "sporra"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "stymuljuváty",
          "sense": "to encourage into action",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective",
            "perfective"
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          "word": "стимулюва́ти"
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          "text": "stimulate my mind",
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          "text": "He was sexually stimulated by the dancer's moves.",
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          "code": "sq",
          "lang": "Albanian",
          "sense": "to arouse an organism to functional activity",
          "word": "stimuloj"
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          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "grgṙel",
          "sense": "to arouse an organism to functional activity",
          "word": "գրգռել"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "stimuliram",
          "sense": "to arouse an organism to functional activity",
          "word": "стимулирам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "to arouse an organism to functional activity",
          "word": "estimular"
        },
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "cìjī",
          "sense": "to arouse an organism to functional activity",
          "word": "刺激"
        },
        {
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to arouse an organism to functional activity",
          "word": "stimuleren"
        },
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          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to arouse an organism to functional activity",
          "word": "prikkelen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "to arouse an organism to functional activity",
          "word": "stimuli"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to arouse an organism to functional activity",
          "word": "kiihottaa"
        },
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          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to arouse an organism to functional activity",
          "word": "elvyttää"
        },
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          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to arouse an organism to functional activity",
          "word": "stimuloida"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to arouse an organism to functional activity",
          "word": "stimuler"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to arouse an organism to functional activity",
          "word": "stimulieren"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "diegeíro",
          "sense": "to arouse an organism to functional activity",
          "word": "διεγείρω"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to arouse an organism to functional activity",
          "word": "stimolare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "alt": "しげきする",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "shigeki suru",
          "sense": "to arouse an organism to functional activity",
          "word": "刺激する"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "code": "nrf",
          "lang": "Norman",
          "sense": "to arouse an organism to functional activity",
          "word": "stînmuler"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "sense": "to arouse an organism to functional activity",
          "word": "تحریکیدن"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to arouse an organism to functional activity",
          "word": "estimular"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to arouse an organism to functional activity",
          "word": "stimula"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "stimulírovatʹ",
          "sense": "to arouse an organism to functional activity",
          "word": "стимули́ровать"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to arouse an organism to functional activity",
          "word": "estimular"
        },
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          "_dis1": "1 99",
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      "word": "biostimulate"
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      "word": "colony-stimulating factor"
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    {
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      "word": "destimulate"
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      "word": "electrostimulate"
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    {
      "word": "follicle-stimulating hormone"
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    {
      "word": "follicle stimulating hormone"
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    {
      "word": "granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor"
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    {
      "word": "hyperstimulate"
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    {
      "word": "instimulate"
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    {
      "word": "melanocyte-stimulating hormone"
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    {
      "word": "restimulate"
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    {
      "word": "self-stimulate"
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    {
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      "roman": "grgṙel",
      "sense": "to encourage into action",
      "word": "գրգռել"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "stymuljavácʹ",
      "sense": "to encourage into action",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "стымулява́ць"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "podbuždam",
      "sense": "to encourage into action",
      "word": "подбуждам"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to encourage into action",
      "word": "estimular"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "cìjī",
      "sense": "to encourage into action",
      "word": "刺激"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to encourage into action",
      "word": "podnítit"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to encourage into action",
      "word": "stimuleren"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to encourage into action",
      "word": "aansporen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to encourage into action",
      "word": "prikkelen"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to encourage into action",
      "word": "stimuli"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to encourage into action",
      "word": "piristää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to encourage into action",
      "word": "yllyttää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to encourage into action",
      "word": "ärsyttää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "english": "the economy",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to encourage into action",
      "tags": [
        "usually"
      ],
      "word": "elvyttää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to encourage into action",
      "word": "stimuloida"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to encourage into action",
      "word": "stimuler"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to encourage into action",
      "word": "estimular"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to encourage into action",
      "word": "stimulieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "parakinó",
      "sense": "to encourage into action",
      "word": "παρακινώ"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "parotrýno",
      "sense": "to encourage into action",
      "word": "παροτρύνω"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "erethízō",
      "sense": "to encourage into action",
      "word": "ἐρεθίζω"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to encourage into action",
      "word": "elősegít"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to encourage into action",
      "word": "stimolare"
    },
    {
      "alt": "しげきする",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shigeki suru",
      "sense": "to encourage into action",
      "word": "刺激する"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "to encourage into action",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "hander kirin"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to encourage into action",
      "word": "commoveō"
    },
    {
      "code": "mt",
      "lang": "Maltese",
      "sense": "to encourage into action",
      "word": "ħeġġeġ"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to encourage into action",
      "word": "whakahohe"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to encourage into action",
      "word": "whakaihiihi"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to encourage into action",
      "word": "whakahihiko"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to encourage into action",
      "word": "whakamanawa"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "to encourage into action",
      "word": "stînmuler"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "to encourage into action",
      "word": "estimular"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "sense": "to encourage into action",
      "word": "انگیختن"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "sense": "to encourage into action",
      "word": "برانگیختن"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "sense": "to encourage into action",
      "word": "تَحرِیک کردن"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "sense": "to encourage into action",
      "word": "تَشوِیق کردن"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to encourage into action",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "stymulować"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to encourage into action",
      "word": "estimular"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to encourage into action",
      "word": "incentivar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to encourage into action",
      "word": "stimula"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "stimulírovatʹ",
      "sense": "to encourage into action",
      "word": "стимули́ровать"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to encourage into action",
      "word": "estimular"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to encourage into action",
      "word": "egga"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to encourage into action",
      "word": "reta"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to encourage into action",
      "word": "sporra"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "stymuljuváty",
      "sense": "to encourage into action",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "стимулюва́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "to arouse an organism to functional activity",
      "word": "stimuloj"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "grgṙel",
      "sense": "to arouse an organism to functional activity",
      "word": "գրգռել"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "stimuliram",
      "sense": "to arouse an organism to functional activity",
      "word": "стимулирам"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to arouse an organism to functional activity",
      "word": "estimular"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "cìjī",
      "sense": "to arouse an organism to functional activity",
      "word": "刺激"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to arouse an organism to functional activity",
      "word": "stimuleren"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to arouse an organism to functional activity",
      "word": "prikkelen"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to arouse an organism to functional activity",
      "word": "stimuli"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to arouse an organism to functional activity",
      "word": "kiihottaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to arouse an organism to functional activity",
      "word": "elvyttää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to arouse an organism to functional activity",
      "word": "stimuloida"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to arouse an organism to functional activity",
      "word": "stimuler"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to arouse an organism to functional activity",
      "word": "stimulieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "diegeíro",
      "sense": "to arouse an organism to functional activity",
      "word": "διεγείρω"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to arouse an organism to functional activity",
      "word": "stimolare"
    },
    {
      "alt": "しげきする",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shigeki suru",
      "sense": "to arouse an organism to functional activity",
      "word": "刺激する"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "to arouse an organism to functional activity",
      "word": "stînmuler"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "sense": "to arouse an organism to functional activity",
      "word": "تحریکیدن"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to arouse an organism to functional activity",
      "word": "estimular"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to arouse an organism to functional activity",
      "word": "stimula"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "stimulírovatʹ",
      "sense": "to arouse an organism to functional activity",
      "word": "стимули́ровать"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to arouse an organism to functional activity",
      "word": "estimular"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to arouse an organism to functional activity",
      "word": "ge näring åt"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to arouse an organism to functional activity",
      "word": "pigga upp"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to arouse an organism to functional activity",
      "word": "stimulera"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to arouse an organism to functional activity",
      "word": "väcka"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zbúdžuvaty",
      "sense": "to arouse an organism to functional activity",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "збу́джувати"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zbudýty",
      "sense": "to arouse an organism to functional activity",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "збуди́ти"
    }
  ],
  "word": "stimulate"
}

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