stimulate.
To encourage into action.
Meaning & usage
To encourage into action.
stimulate the economy
To arouse an organism to functional activity.
stimulate my mind
He was sexually stimulated by the dancer's moves.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)tey-? Latin stimulus Latin stimulo Latin stimulatusbor. English stimulate Borrowed from Latin stimulātus, perfect passive participle of stimulō (“to urge, goad on”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from Latin stimulus (“a sting or prick; a stimulus, goad”).
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