Verb
1. arouse or elicit a feeling
2. act as a stimulant;
"The book stimulated her imagination""This play stimulates"3. raise to a higher energy level;
"excite the atoms"4. stir feelings in;
"stimulate my appetite""excite the audience""stir emotions"5. cause to be agitated, excited, or roused;
"The speaker charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks"6. stimulate sexually;
"This movie usually arouses the male audience"7. stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of;
"These stories shook the community""the civil war shook the country"8. produce a magnetic field in;
"excite the neurons"