stimulate : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: stimulate	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for stimulate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
stimulate v act as a stimulant; "The book stimulated her imagination"; "This play stimulates" Synonym(s): stimulate, excite Antonym(s): dampen, stifle cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner; "The ads induced me to buy a VCR"; "My children finally got me to buy a computer"; "My wife made me buy a new sofa" Synonym(s): induce, stimulate, cause, have, get, make stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of; "These stories shook the community"; "the civil war shook the country" Synonym(s): stimulate, shake, shake up, excite, stir cause to be alert and energetic; "Coffee and tea stimulate me"; "This herbal infusion doesn't stimulate" Synonym(s): stimulate, arouse, brace, energize, energise, perk up Antonym(s): calm, de-energise, de-energize, sedate, tranquilize, tranquillise, tranquillize cause to occur rapidly; "the infection precipitated a high fever and allergic reactions" Synonym(s): induce, stimulate, rush, hasten stir feelings in; "stimulate my appetite"; "excite the audience"; "stir emotions" Synonym(s): stimulate, excite, stir provide the needed stimulus for Synonym(s): provoke, stimulate
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Stimulate \Stim"ulate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stimulated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Stimulating}.] [L. stimulatus, p. p. of stimulare to prick or goad on, to incite, fr. stimulus a goad. See {Stimulus}.] 1. To excite as if with a goad; to excite, rouse, or animate, to action or more vigorous exertion by some pungent motive or by persuasion; as, to stimulate* one by the hope of reward, or by the prospect of glory. To excite and stimulate us thereunto. --Dr. J. Scott. 2. (Physiol.) To excite; to irritate; especially, to excite the activity of (a nerve or an irritable muscle), as by electricity. Syn: To animate; incite; encourage; impel; urge; instigate; irritate; exasperate; incense.