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stim·u·late
(stĭm′yə-lāt′)v. stim·u·lat·ed, stim·u·lat·ing, stim·u·lates
v.tr.
1. To rouse to action or increased activity; excite: a policy that stimulated people to protest; incentives to stimulate consumer spending. See Synonyms at provoke.
2. To increase temporarily the activity of (a body organ or system, for example).
3. To cause to be interested or engaged: Animals in zoos need to be stimulated to remain healthy.
4. To cause to desire to have sex; arouse sexually.
5. To excite or invigorate (a person, for example) with a stimulant.
v.intr.
To act or serve as a stimulant or stimulus.
[Latin stimulāre, stimulāt-, to goad on, from stimulus, goad.]
stim′u·lat′er, stim′u·la′tor n.
stim′u·lat′ing·ly adv.
stim′u·la′tion n.
stim′u·la′tive, stim′u·la·to′ry (-lə-tôr′ē) adj.
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stimulate
(ˈstɪmjʊˌleɪt)vb
1. (tr; usually passive) to fill (a person) with ideas or enthusiasm: he was stimulated by the challenge.
2. (Physiology) (tr) physiol to excite (a nerve, organ, etc) with a stimulus
3. to encourage (something) to start or progress further: a cut in interest rates should help stimulate economic recovery.
[C16: from Latin stimulāre; see stimulant]
ˈstimulable adj
ˌstimuˈlation n
ˈstimulative, ˈstimulatory adj, n
ˈstimuˌlator, ˈstimuˌlater n
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stim•u•late
(ˈstɪm yəˌleɪt)v. -lat•ed, -lat•ing. v.t.
1. to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; incite.
2. to excite (a nerve, gland, etc.) to its functional activity.
3. to invigorate (a person) by a food or beverage containing a stimulant.
v.i. 4. to act as a stimulus or stimulant.
stim′u•la•ble, adj.
stim`u•la•bil′i•ty, n.
stim`u•la′tion, n.
stim′u•la`tor, n.
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stimulate
- aperitif, appetizer - An aperitif is a drink to stimulate the appetite and an appetizer is a food that does this before a meal.
- condiment - From Latin condimentum, from condire, "to pickle, preserve"; condiments are food substances used to heighten the natural flavor of foods, to stimulate the appetite, to aid digestion, or preserve certain foods.
- innervate, enervate - Innervate means "to stimulate or give nervous energy," the opposite of enervate.
- stimulate - From Latin stimulus, "pointed stick for goading animals."
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stimulate
Past participle: stimulated
Gerund: stimulating
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| Verb | 1. | stimulate - act as a stimulant; "The book stimulated her imagination"; "This play stimulates" affect, bear upon, impact, bear on, touch on, touch - have an effect upon; "Will the new rules affect me?" invigorate, quicken - give life or energy to; "The cold water invigorated him" innervate - stimulate to action; "innervate a muscle or a nerve" irritate - excite to some characteristic action or condition, such as motion, contraction, or nervous impulse, by the application of a stimulus; "irritate the glands of a leaf" |
| 2. | stimulate - 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" decide - cause to decide; "This new development finally decided me!" persuade - cause somebody to adopt a certain position, belief, or course of action; twist somebody's arm; "You can't persuade me to buy this ugly vase!" bring - induce or persuade; "The confession of one of the accused brought the others to admit to the crime as well" solicit - incite, move, or persuade to some act of lawlessness or insubordination; "He was accused of soliciting his colleagues to destroy the documents" encourage - spur on; "His financial success encouraged him to look for a wife" let - actively cause something to happen; "I let it be known that I was not interested" lead - cause to undertake a certain action; "Her greed led her to forge the checks" suborn - induce to commit perjury or give false testimony; "The President tried to suborn false witnesses" | |
| 3. | stimulate - stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of; "These stories shook the community"; "the civil war shook the country" arouse, elicit, evoke, provoke, enkindle, kindle, fire, raise - call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses); "arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy" fuel - stimulate; "fuel the debate on creationism" wind up, excite, turn on, arouse - stimulate sexually; "This movie usually arouses the male audience" affright, fright, frighten, scare - cause fear in; "The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me"; "Ghosts could never affright her" thrill, tickle, vibrate - feel sudden intense sensation or emotion; "he was thrilled by the speed and the roar of the engine" invite, tempt - give rise to a desire by being attractive or inviting; "the window displays tempted the shoppers" elate, intoxicate, uplift, lift up, pick up - fill with high spirits; fill with optimism; "Music can uplift your spirits" animate, enliven, inspire, invigorate, exalt - heighten or intensify; "These paintings exalt the imagination" titillate - excite pleasurably or erotically; "A titillating story appeared in the usually conservative magazine" | |
| 4. |  stimulate - cause to be alert and energetic; "Coffee and tea stimulate me"; "This herbal infusion doesn't stimulate"affect - act physically on; have an effect upon; "the medicine affects my heart rate" cathect - inject with libidinal energy reanimate, recreate, revivify, vivify, revive, renovate, animate, quicken, repair - give new life or energy to; "A hot soup will revive me"; "This will renovate my spirits"; "This treatment repaired my health" reinvigorate, invigorate - impart vigor, strength, or vitality to; "Exercise is invigorating" sedate, tranquilize, tranquillise, tranquillize, calm - cause to be calm or quiet as by administering a sedative to; "The patient must be sedated before the operation" | |
| 5. | stimulate - cause to occur rapidly; "the infection precipitated a high fever and allergic reactions" | |
| 6. | stimulate - stir feelings in; "stimulate my appetite"; "excite the audience"; "stir emotions" she-bop - get sexual gratification through self-stimulation sensitise, sensitize - cause to sense; make sensitive; "She sensitized me with respect to gender differences in this traditional male-dominated society"; "My tongue became sensitized to good wine" horripilate - cause (someone's) hair to stand on end and to have goosebumps; "Hitchcock movies horripilate me" work - provoke or excite; "The rock musician worked the crowd of young girls into a frenzy" thrill - cause to be thrilled by some perceptual input; "The men were thrilled by a loud whistle blow" | |
| 7. | stimulate - provide the needed stimulus for entice, lure, tempt - provoke someone to do something through (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion; "He lured me into temptation" rejuvenate - cause (a stream or river) to erode, as by an uplift of the land jog - stimulate to remember; "jog my memory" instigate, incite, stir up, set off - provoke or stir up; "incite a riot"; "set off great unrest among the people" challenge - issue a challenge to; "Fischer challenged Spassky to a match" |
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stimulate
verb encourage, inspire, prompt, fire, fan, urge, spur, provoke, turn on (slang), arouse, animate, rouse, prod, quicken, inflame, incite, instigate, goad, whet, impel, foment, gee up I was stimulated to examine my deepest thoughts.
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stimulate
verb1. To stir to action or feeling:
2. To give or impart vitality and energy to (someone or something):
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Translations
يُثير، يُحَفِّز
povzbudit
opmuntrestimulere
hvetja, örva
labai įdomuspaskatinimasstimuliavimasstimuliuoti
just stimulustimulēt
stimulate
[ˈstɪmjʊleɪt] VT → estimular; [+ growth etc] → favorecer; [+ demand] → estimularto stimulate sb to do sth → alentar a algn a que haga algo
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
stimulate
[ˈstɪmjʊleɪt] vt (= encourage) [+ interest, discussion, demand, economy] → stimuler
(= make interested) [+ person] → stimuler
(PHYSIOLOGY) → stimuler
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
stimulate
vt
(= excite) body, circulation, mind → anregen; (cold shower, coffee etc) sb → beleben; (Med) → stimulieren; nerve → reizen; (sexually) → erregen, stimulieren; (fig) person → animieren, anspornen; (mentally, intellectually) → stimulieren; sb’s interest → erregen; to stimulate somebody to do something → jdn anspornen or dazu animieren, etw zu tun; to stimulate somebody into activity → jdn aktiv werden lassen
(= increase) economy, sales etc → ankurbeln; growth, production, market → stimulieren; (= incite) response → hervorrufen; criticism → anregen zu; to stimulate investments → Investitionen anlocken
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
stimulate
(ˈstimjuleit) verb to rouse or make more alert, active etc. After listening to the violin concerto, he felt stimulated to practise the violin again.
ˌstimuˈlation nounˈstimulating adjective
rousing; very interesting. a stimulating discussion.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
stimulate
v. estimular; motivar; excitar; stimulated;
a. estimulado-a.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
stimulate
vt estimularEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.