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• excite — transitive verb (excited; exciting) Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French exciter, from Latin excitare, from ex + citare to rouse more at cite Date: 14th century 1. a. to call to activity b. to rouse to an emotional response < scenes to… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• 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

• 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 — /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 — /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 — v.tr. 1 a rouse the feelings or emotions of (a person). b bring into play; rouse up (feelings, faculties, etc.). c arouse sexually. 2 provoke; bring about (an action or active condition). 3 promote the activity of (an organism, tissue, etc.) by… …   Useful english dictionary

• EXCITE — Evaluation of Oral Xemilofiban in Controlling Thrombotic Events * * * ex·cite ik sīt vt, ex·cit·ed; ex·cit·ing 1) to increase the activity of (as a living organism): STIMULATE 2) to raise (as an atomic nucleus, an atom, or a molecule) to a higher …   Medical dictionary

• Against the Day — infobox Book | name = Against the Day image caption = First edition cover author = Thomas Pynchon country = United States language = English genre = Novel publisher = Penguin Press release date = November 21, 2006 pages = 1085 pp media type =… …   Wikipedia

• History of the petroleum industry in Canada (oil sands and heavy oil) — Canada s oil sands and heavy oil resources are among the world s great petroleum deposits. They include the vast oil sands of northern Alberta, and the heavy oil reservoirs that surround the small city of Lloydminster, which sits on the border… …   Wikipedia

• spectroscopy — spectroscopist /spek tros keuh pist/, n. /spek tros keuh pee, spek treuh skoh pee/, n. the science that deals with the use of the spectroscope and with spectrum analysis. [1865 70; SPECTRO + SCOPY] * * * Branch of analysis devoted to identifying… …   Universalium