excite

excite
[[t]ɪksa͟ɪt[/t]]
excites, exciting, excited
1) VERB If something excites you, it makes you feel very happy, eager, or enthusiastic.

[V n] I only take on work that excites me, even if it means turning down lots of money...

[V n] We'd not been excited by anything for about three years...

Where the show really excites is in the display of avant-garde photography.

2) VERB If something excites a particular feeling, emotion, or reaction in someone, it causes them to experience it.

[V n] By all accounts, the monarchy does not excite strong feelings among the majority of Romanians...

[V n] Daniel's early exposure to motor racing did not excite his interest...

[V n] Reports of the plot of this unusual film tend to excite revulsion.

Syn:
3) VERB If something or someone excites you, they cause you to feel sexual desire.

[V n with n] Don't try exciting your partner with dirty magazines. [Also V n]

Derived words:
excited ADJ-GRADED

She makes you feel warm and comfortable, and maybe a little excited.

exciting ADJ-GRADED

...a sexually exciting thought.

4) VERB To excite a physical object such as an atomic particle or an organ in your body means to increase the amount of energy, movement, or activity in it. [TECHNICAL]

[V n] The amount of nicotine in these nicotine substitutes can be enough to excite the heart.

Derived words:
excited ADJ-GRADED

...when an electron drops from an excited state to a less excited state.


English dictionary. 2008.

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  • Excite — URL: www.excite.com Коммерческий: Да Тип сайта: Интернет портал …   Википедия

  • excité — excité, ée [ ɛksite ] adj. et n. • 1846; de exciter 1 ♦ Cour. Qui a une activité mentale, psychique très vive ou plus vive qu à l habitude. ⇒ agité, énervé, nerveux (cf. Dans tous ses états). Il était tout excité et ne tenait plus en place.… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Excite — ist ein Internetportal mit Suchmaschine und eigenem Webverzeichnis. Es gehörte zu den bekanntesten Seiten des Internets und war zusammen mit Yahoo! und Netscape eine der Pioniere der „dotcoms“ der 90er Jahre. Damals arbeitete Excite mit eigenen… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Excite —   [dt. »aufregen«] (Excite@Home), 1995 online gegangene Suchmaschine, die zunächst von Excite Inc. betrieben wurde. Seit 1999 gehörte Excite dem Breitband Provider At Home Corporation (»@Home«) in Redwood City (Kalifornien, USA) und firmierte… …   Universal-Lexikon

  • 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 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • excité — excité, ée (è ksi té, tée) part. passé. 1°   Animé à. Excité par l exemple. •   L esprit, occupé de choses incorporelles, par exemple de Dieu et de ses perfections, s y est senti excité par la considération de ses oeuvres, ou par sa parole, ou… …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • excite — ex‧cite [ɪkˈsaɪt] verb [transitive] to produce a lot of activity in a market, with a lot of people buying and selling stocks and shares: • The auditors excited the market again yesterday by reporting sharply higher profits for the group. excited… …   Financial and business terms

  • excite — [ek sīt′, iksīt′] vt. excited, exciting [ME exciten < OFr exciter < L excitare, to call forth, excite, freq. of exciere, to call forth < ex , out + pp. of ciere, to call, summon: see CITE] 1. to put into motion or activity; stir up… …   English World dictionary

  • excite — index aggravate (annoy), agitate (activate), bait (harass), bait (lure), discompose …   Law dictionary

  • excite — mid 14c., to move, stir up, instigate, from O.Fr. esciter (12c.) or directly from L. excitare rouse, call out, summon forth, produce, frequentative of exciere call forth, instigate, from ex out (see EX (Cf. ex )) + ciere set in motion, call (see… …   Etymology dictionary

  • excite — *provoke, stimulate, pique, quicken, galvanize Analogous words: *stir, rouse, arouse, rally, waken, awaken: agitate, disturb, perturb, *discompose, disquiet: animate, inspire, fire (see INFORM) Antonyms: soothe, quiet (persons): allay (fears,… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

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