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• interest — Synonyms and related words: absolute interest, absorb, absorption, accent, accrued dividends, accumulated dividends, acquisitiveness, activities, activity, advantage, advocacy, aegis, affair, affairs, affect, affect the interest, agacerie,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• excite */ — UK [ɪkˈsaɪt] / US verb [transitive] Word forms excite : present tense I/you/we/they excite he/she/it excites present participle exciting past tense excited past participle excited 1) to make someone feel happy and enthusiastic about something… …   English dictionary

• excite — ex|cite [ıkˈsaıt] v [T] [Date: 1300 1400; : French; Origin: exciter, from Latin excitare, from citare to set in movement ] 1.) [not in progressive] to make someone feel happy, interested, or eager ▪ His playing is technically brilliant, but it… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• excite — verb (T) 1 excite interest/suspicion/jealousy etc to make someone feel a particular emotion: The court case has excited a lot of public interest. 2 excite comment/rumour etc if something excites comment etc, it makes people talk about it: The… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• excite — ex|cite [ ık saıt ] verb transitive * 1. ) to make someone feel happy and enthusiastic about something good that is going to happen: The prospect of working in Australia really excites me. a ) to make someone feel lively, nervous, or upset: We… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• excite — /ik suyt /, v.t., excited, exciting. 1. to arouse or stir up the emotions or feelings of: to excite a person to anger; actions that excited his father s wrath. 2. to arouse or stir up (emotions or feelings): to excite jealousy or hatred. 3. to… …   Universalium

• excite — ex•cite [[t]ɪkˈsaɪt[/t]] v. t. cit•ed, cit•ing 1) to arouse or stir up the emotions or feelings of: to excite a person to anger[/ex] 2) to arouse or stir up (emotions or feelings); evoke; awaken: to excite interest[/ex] 3) to stir to action;… …   From formal English to slang

• excite — /əkˈsaɪt / (say uhk suyt), /ɛk / (say ek ) verb (t) (excited, exciting) 1. to arouse or stir up the feelings of: Christmas excites children. 2. to cause; awaken: to excite interest; to excite curiosity. 3. to stir to action; stir up: to excite a… …  

• excite — Synonyms and related words: activate, affect the interest, agitate, anger, animate, annoy, arouse, attract, awake, awaken, beat, beat up, begin, blow the coals, blow up, bring about, call forth, call up, cause, churn, churn up, concern, convulse …   Moby Thesaurus

• Interest — In ter*est, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Interested}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Interesting}.] [From interess d, p. p. of the older form interess, fr. F. int[ e]resser, L. interesse. See {Interest}, n.] [1913 Webster] 1. To engage the attention of; to awaken… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• interest — in·ter·est / in trəst; in tə rəst, ˌrest/ n [probably alteration of earlier interesse, from Anglo French, from Medieval Latin, from Latin, to be between, make a difference, concern, from inter between, among + esse to be] 1: a right, title, claim …   Law dictionary