Definitions for excite

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excite ex·cite

Spelling: [ik-sahyt]

IPA: /ɪkˈsaɪt/

Excite is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 46 anagrams from letters in excite (ceeitx).

Definitions for excite

verb (used with object)

1. to arouse or stir up the emotions or feelings of:
2. to arouse or stir up (emotions or feelings):
3. to cause; awaken:
4. to stir to action; provoke or stir up:
5. Physiology. to stimulate:
6. Electricity. to supply with electricity for producing electric activity or a magnetic field:
7. Physics. to raise (an atom, molecule, etc.) to an excited state.

Origin of excite

1300-50; Middle English Latin excitāre, equivalent to ex- ex-¹ + citāre, frequentative of ciēre to set in motion

Examples for excite

There was no reason therefore why our appearance should excite suspicion.

“You have to have some issue to excite the voters,” he says.

Condon is proud to be different, to work on the projects that excite him.

An outlandish appearance, sure to excite observation, is thus avoided.

The innovation Ohanian sees in new entrepreneurs seems to excite him most.

Supposing—— It was cruel to excite and upset her just for that; it made the pain worse.

He should therefore smile at the futile attempt to excite his jealousy.

They excite people, and primaries tend to be dominated by voters who are the most excited.

He called Obama "Kommandant" and a "socialistic dictator" to excite those on the right.

The opinion of numbers is necessary to excite the ambition of individuals.