Inflected forms: ex·cit·ed, ex·cit·ing, ex·cites 1. To stir to activity. 2. To call forth (a reaction or emotion, for example); elicit: odd noises that excited our curiosity.3. To arouse strong feeling in: speakers who know how to excite a crowd. See synonyms at provoke. 4.Physiology To produce increased activity or response in (an organ, tissue, or part); stimulate. 5.Physicsa. To increase the energy of. b. To raise (an atom, for example) to a higher energy level.
ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English exciten, from Latin excitre, frequentative of excire : ex-, ex- + cire, to set in motion; see kei-2 in Appendix I.
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re, frequentative of exci
re : ex-, ex- + ci
