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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, invigorate, jog, kindle, motivate, move, move to action, pique, prod, prompt, propel, provoke, rally, rouse, spur, stir up, vitalize, vivify, whet, work up
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abet, agitate (activate), bait (lure), cause, coax, develop, elicit, evoke, exhort, expedite, foment, foster, impel, incite, induce, influence, inspire, motivate, originate, promise (raise expectations), prompt, provoke, renew (begin again), spirit, urge
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stimulate — stim‧u‧late [ˈstɪmjleɪt] 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 — 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