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stimulated
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Stimulate \Stim"u*late\, 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.]
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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.
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(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.
Wiktionary
In a condition or state of stimulation. v
(en-past of: stimulate)
WordNet
adj. emotionally aroused [syn: stirred, stirred up, aroused]
Usage examples of "stimulated".
Jameson, seeing the whole thing in the slow-motion vision of stimulated adrenals, irrelevantly admired the unbroken rhythm of the Cygnan running pattern as he shifted from four legs to three to two.
Stimulated by this success, he attacked the Boers next day, and after five hours of hard fighting forced the pass which they were holding against him.
That was the day that Jeffrey Horton began pursuing the stimulated emission of gravitons, the tiny bosons which were the vector of universal gravity.
Vague news of the exploits of De Wet stimulated the fighting burghers and shamed those who had submitted.
The General who was inclined to despair was now stimulated by despatches from Lord Roberts, while his army, who were by no means inclined to despair, were immensely cheered by the good news from the Kimberley side.
We should also expect that the memory of animals, as regards their earlier existences, was solely stimulated by association.
Stimulated by what could be done with electricity in this form, more and more people now busied themselves in experimenting with so fascinating a force of nature, until in the second third of the century a whole army of observers was at work, whether by way of profession or of hobby, finding out ever new manifestations of its powers.
South, too, organizing took place, often stimulated by Communists, but nourished by the grievances of poor whites and blacks who were tenant farmers or farm laborers, always in economic difficulties but hit even harder by the Depression.
By May 4, ordinary farmers wielding machetes in their fields stimulated heart attacks.
Frequently indeed, in the contest between gentlemen and ladies, have the maxims of the Book stimulated the assailant to victory.
The Jungle, published in 1906, brought the conditions in the meatpacking plants of Chicago to the shocked attention of the whole country, and stimulated demand for laws regulating the meat industry.
The psychic trait which the neurohormones stimulated was a very weak ESP, giving her an uncanny degree of empathy.
As she spoke he noticed the way her nipples, stimulated by some deep animal fear, hardened and pressed against the material of her dress.
They also stimulated the arrival of more macro phages which in turn stimulated more T-cell aggregation in an ever-increasing spiral of cellular activity.
The postilions, stimulated by a promise of a princely DOUCEUR, drove rapidly along over a well-kept road.