stimulate
/ˈstɪm.jəˌleɪt/ verb B2- 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.
He/she/it stimulates · Past stimulated · Past participle stimulated · -ing form stimulating
Verb forms
- Base form
- stimulate
- He/she/it
- stimulates
- Past
- stimulated
- Past participle
- stimulated
- -ing form
- stimulating
From the library
“And do you,” said Valentine, “depend on me to stimulate the tardiness and arouse the memory of grandpapa?”
The invalid sank back upon his cushions, tired out by this long recital, while his nurse poured him out a glass of some stimulating medicine.
Some people without possessing genius have a remarkable power of stimulating it.
When I said that you stimulated me I meant, to be frank, that in noting your fallacies I was occasionally guided towards the truth.
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