Word Finder - excite

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To stir the emotions of.

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The fireworks which opened the festivities excited anyone present.

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To arouse or bring out (e.g. feelings); to stimulate.

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Favoritism tends to excite jealousy in the ones not being favored.

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To cause an electron to move to a higher than normal state; to promote an electron to an outer level.

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By applying electric potential to the neon atoms, the electrons become excited, then emit a photon when returning to normal.

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To energize (an electromagnet); to produce a magnetic field in.

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to excite a dynamo

This will excite the curiosity of our structural engineers.

You still excite me - a LOT.

The least stimulus which suffices to excite is known as the stimulus of threshold value.

I am sorry these simple truisms should excite the hon.

Small doses excite the nervous system, while larger doses are depressing.

You still excite me, and I think I still excite you.

There was a tide so strongly in his favor as to excite the astonishment of all observers.

Both these forms of production are of a kind not likely to excite local trade jealousy.

Their shape after to companies in required to excite elements polonium and radium.

By a decree of the Convention the four accused persons were deported to Cayenne, a new mode of dealing with political offenders almost as effective as the guillotine, while less apt to excite compassion.

His knowledge of antiquity was so profound as to excite the admiration of all the learned men with whom he discoursed, even when, as in the case of Pius II., they chanced to be his personal enemies.

His energy, vision and engineering genius must excite the admiration of any engineer - it certainly did mine.

Coupling words with a gentle caress or lifting her into his arms and carrying her to their bedroom never failed to excite her.

The Sidereus Nuncius, published at Venice early in 1610, contained the first-fruits of the new mode of investigation, which were sufficient to excite learned amazement on both sides of the Alps.

Finding new ways to excite her had become a game – one that increased his excitement as well.

Our goal is to excite both the specialty buyer and the customer with innovative designs, distinctive fabrics and incredible attention to detail.

This condition will surely excite the curiosity of our structural engineers.

Here was a spectacle to excite the derision or pity of the gods.

The pieces of crust thrown upon the surface were soon engulfed by a variety of handsome sized creatures to excite my young pulse.

We wish to excite the envy of our untraveled friends with our strange foreign fashions which we can't shake off.

The arts of Tyrrel occasioned both a good deal of annoyance, by false representations calculated to excite their mutual jealousy.

Three scanning electron beams hit the phosphor screen at slightly different angles to excite different phosphors to produce red, green and blue dots.

Excite requires quotation marks to indicate a phrase search, otherwise they are linked by the Boolean operator OR.

The gland evidently excretes, or at any rate gets rid of, a certain waste product of a proteid nature, which otherwise tends to accumulate in the tissues and to excite certain nervous and tissue phenomena.

In this article, which covers the science of Acoustics, we shall consider only the physical aspect of sound, that is, the physical phenomena outside ourselves which excite our sense of hearing.

It has been denied by some that pure thermal motion can ever give rise to line spectra, but that either chemical action or impact of electrons is necessary to excite the regular oscillations which give rise to line spectra.

On the other hand, the troubled and not impeccable past of the new pontiff was bound to excite some misgiving; while, at the same time, severe bodily suffering had brought old age on a man of but 53 years.

Famished persons are liable to morbid excite ment, and fall into imaginative ecstasies, in the course of which they see visions and spectres, converse with gods and angels, and are the recipients of supernatural revelations.

Sorbiere, who was by no means partial to things English, definitely speaks of him as " celuy qui a le plus puissamment solicite les interests de la physique, et excite le monde a faire des experiences " (Relation d'un voyage en Angleterre, Cologne, 1666, pp. 63-64).

At these times she is wanton and extravagant in her cruelty, killing apparently for the gratification of her ferocious and bloodthirsty nature, and perhaps to excite and instruct the young ones, and it is not until they are thoroughly capable of killing their own food that she separates from them.

My friends did all they could to excite my curiosity by hints and half-spelled sentences which they pretended to break off in the nick of time.

We excite and enthuse people We promote change, we reward achievement and we celebrate success.

Humorous gifts are available that can tease and excite without threat of insult.

On less expensive goggles, a simpler intensify tube is used to excite electrons coming from the ambient light and to project images, much as tubes in your television work to project images on the screen.

Excite Truck for the Nintendo Wii is an arcade style racing game that lets you fully enjoy the unique motion-sensitive controls of Nintendo's next-generation video game system.

Keep reading this Excite Truck review to find out.

With Excite Truck, you're restricted to just two people.

With sexy bikinis and minimal coverage swim wear growing in popularity, it's no wonder that pictures hocking swimsuits excite as much controversy as they do enthusiasm.

They will surely excite the dullest of wardrobes.

The weave itself can be changed, with the standard squares becoming more open or having different shapes to excite the senses.

We have an assortment of beautiful and elegant lingerie while at the same time offering the more adventurous woman something to excite her as well.

To spread the word about your impending bash, you can always purchase official High School Musical invitations featuring the entire cast in a great pose sure to excite fans.

During the lifetime of Griffith Jones the course of Welsh Methodism had run in orthodox channels and had been generally supported by the Welsh clergy and gentry; but after his death the tendency to exceed the bounds of conventional Church discipline grew so marked as to excite the alarm of the English bishops in Wales.

I 'd rather bore you as the uninteresting person I am than excite you as the wonderful person you imagine.

You should avoid colors that excite, like bright yellows and reds, and instead go for warmer, deeper reds, cool blues and greens, or neutral colors.

Whittle your list down to three or four ideas that really excite you, then have a talk with your baker.

He followed up with four more singles, Nah Get No Bly (One More Try), Deport Them, Excite Me, and Hackle Mi, all of which were hugely successful in Jamaica.

If black, white or flesh-colored doesn't excite you, perhaps you're looking for colored plus size bras to spice up your lingerie wardrobe.

Many young boys (and girls) love nothing more than to play with monster trucks, so let them take a virtual truck for a race through the desert in Excite Truck.

Excite Truck is one of the launch titles for the Nintendo Wii that fully embraces this new take on video game controls.