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excite
A	verb
	1	stimulate, excite
			act as a stimulant; "The book stimulated her imagination"; "This play stimulates"
		Category Tree: change; alter; modify ╚affect; impact; bear upon; bear on; touch on; touch ╚stimulate, excite ╚irritate ╚innervate ╚quicken; invigorate
	2	excite
			produce a magnetic field in; "excite the neurons"
		Category Tree: change; alter; modify ╚excite
	3	excite, energize, energise
			raise to a higher energy level; "excite the atoms"
		Category Tree: change; alter; modify ╚excite, energize, energise
	4	stimulate, shake, shake up, excite, stir
			stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of; "These stories shook the community"; "the civil war shook the country"
		Category Tree: make; create ╚arouse; elicit; enkindle; kindle; evoke; fire; raise; provoke ╚stimulate, shake, shake up, excite, stir ╚titillate ╚inspire; animate; invigorate; enliven; exalt ╚elate; lift up; uplift; pick up; intoxicate ╚tempt; invite ╚thrill; tickle; vibrate ╚frighten; fright; scare; affright ╚arouse; sex; excite; turn on; wind up ╚fuel
	5	arouse, sex, excite, turn on, wind up
			stimulate sexually; "This movie usually arouses the male audience"
		Category Tree: make; create ╚arouse; elicit; enkindle; kindle; evoke; fire; raise; provoke ╚stimulate; shake; shake up; excite; stir ╚arouse, sex, excite, turn on, wind up ╚tempt
	6	agitate, rouse, turn on, charge, commove, excite, charge up
			cause to be agitated, excited, or roused; "The speaker charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks"
		Category Tree: affect; impress; move; strike ╚disturb; upset; trouble ╚agitate, rouse, turn on, charge, commove, excite, charge up ╚electrify ╚pother ╚bother ╚hype up; psych up
	7	excite
			arouse or elicit a feeling
		Category Tree: make; create ╚arouse; elicit; enkindle; kindle; evoke; fire; raise; provoke ╚excite ╚enthuse
	8	stimulate, excite, stir
			stir feelings in; "stimulate my appetite"; "excite the audience"; "stir emotions"
		Category Tree: sensitize; sensitise ╚stimulate, excite, stir ╚disgust; gross out; revolt; repel ╚whet; quicken ╚thrill ╚fellate; blow; go down on ╚work ╚horripilate ╚masturbate ╚masturbate; wank; fuck off; she-bop; jack off; jerk off

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