stimulate

stimulate
v
1. incite, instigate, provoke, urge, goad, spur, prompt, prod, prick, poke, thrust, nettle, needle, egg on, put up to; foment, agitate, suscitate, actuate, excite, arouse, rouse, activate, stir up, hype up, work up, wind up, whip up, lash into a fury, inflame, fire, fire up, enkindle, kindle, fan, touch off.
2. animate, reanimate, whet, invigorate, motivate, Inf. spark, Inf. psych up, Inf. turn on; inspire, inspirit, electrify, galvanize, rally, revive, alert, vivify, bestir, awaken, waken, wake up; enliven, liven up, shake up, sting, jolt, jog.
3. encourage, abet, embolden, nerve, boost, build up, buck up, pluck up; induce, impel, compel, constrain, press, move, force, force along; hustle, drive, propel, hound, whip, lash, flog; persuade, influence, dispose, prevail upon, sway, ply, coax, wheedle; tempt, lure, inveigle, beguile.

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  • stimulate — stim‧u‧late [ˈstɪmjleɪt] verb [transitive] to encourage an activity to begin or develop further: • Banks were urged to lower credit card interest rates to stimulate consumer spending. • Any increase in industrial activity will stimulate demand… …   Financial and business terms

  • 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}.] 1. To excite as if with a goad; to excite, rouse, or animate,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • stimulate — I verb activate, actuate, animate, arouse, awaken, brace, drive, egg on, encourage, energize, enkindle, enliven, excitare, excite, fan, fillip, fire, foment, goad, impel, Incitare, incite, inflame, initiate, inritare, inspire, inspirit, instigate …   Law dictionary

  • stimulate — 1610s, from L. stimulatus, pp. of stimulare (see STIMULATION (Cf. stimulation)). Related: Stimulated; stimulating …   Etymology dictionary

  • stimulate — excite, *provoke, quicken, pique, galvanize Analogous words: *quicken, animate, enliven, vivify: activate, energize, *vitalize: rouse, arouse, *stir, rally, waken, awaken Antonyms: unnerve: deaden …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • stimulate — [v] excite, provoke activate, animate, arouse, build a fire under*, commove, dynamize, elate, encourage, energize, enliven, exhilarate, fan, fire, fire up*, foment, foster, galvanize, get one going*, get one started*, goad, grab, hook, impel,… …   New thesaurus

  • stimulate — ► VERB 1) apply or act as a stimulus to. 2) animate or excite. DERIVATIVES stimulation noun stimulator noun stimulatory adjective. ORIGIN Latin stimulare urge, goad …   English terms dictionary

  • stimulate — [stim′yo͞olāt΄, stim′yəlāt΄] vt. stimulated, stimulating [< L stimulatus, pp. of stimulare, to prick, goad, excite < stimulus: see STIMULUS] 1. to rouse or excite to action or increased action; animate; spur on 2. to invigorate or seem to… …   English World dictionary

  • stimulate — {<charset c=U><HR> } 01. Their children felt more [stimulated] to learn a second language after they had visited Europe. 02. Children need mental [stimulation] in order to develop intellectually. 03. Anne Morrow Lindbergh once said… …   Grammatical examples in English

  • stimulate */*/ — UK [ˈstɪmjʊleɪt] / US [ˈstɪmjəˌleɪt] verb [transitive] Word forms stimulate : present tense I/you/we/they stimulate he/she/it stimulates present participle stimulating past tense stimulated past participle stimulated 1) to encourage something to… …   English dictionary

  • stimulate — v. 1) (d; tr.) to stimulate into 2) (H) to stimulate smb. to do smt. * * * [ stɪmjʊleɪt] (H) to stimulate smb. to do smt. (d; tr.) to stimulate into …   Combinatory dictionary

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