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English Dictionary: excited	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
excited adj (of persons) excessively affected by emotion; "he would become emotional over nothing at all"; "she was worked up about all the noise" Synonym(s): aroused, emotional, excited, worked up in an aroused state Antonym(s): unexcited marked by uncontrolled excitement or emotion; "a crowd of delirious baseball fans"; "something frantic in their gaiety"; "a mad whirl of pleasure" Synonym(s): delirious, excited, frantic, mad, unrestrained (of e.g. a molecule) made reactive or more reactive Synonym(s): activated, excited
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Excite \Excite"\, 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 passionate emotion; to stir up to combined or general activity; as, to excite a person, the spirits, the passions; to excite a mutiny or insurrection; to excite heat by friction. 2. (Physiol.) To call forth or increase the vital activity of an organism, or any of its parts. Syn: To incite; awaken; animate; rouse or arouse; stimulate; inflame; irritate; provoke. Usage: To {Excite}, {Incite}. When we excite we rouse into action feelings which were less strong; when we incite we spur on or urge forward to a specific act or end. Demosthenes excited* the passions of the Athenians against Philip, and thus incited the whole nation to unite in the war against him. Antony, by his speech over the body of C[91]sar, so excited the feelings of the populace, that Brutus and his companions were compelled to flee from Rome; many however, were incited to join their standard, not only by love of liberty, but hopes of plunder.