excite
pronunciation
How to pronounce excite in British English:
UK [ɪkˈsaɪt]
How to pronounce excite in American English:
US [ɪkˈsaɪt]
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- Verb:
- arouse or elicit a feeling
- act as a stimulant
- raise to a higher energy level
- stir feelings in
- cause to be agitated, excited, or roused
- stimulate sexually
- stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of
- produce a magnetic field in
Word Origin
- excite
- excite: [14] The use of the word excite to convey ‘agitated elation’ is a comparatively recent development, first recorded from the mid 19th century. Before that it was a fairly neutral verb, meaning ‘produce a response, provoke’ (as in the rather formal ‘excite much comment’). It comes, perhaps via Old French exciter, from Latin excitāre ‘call forth, arouse, produce’. This was a variant of exciēre, a compound verb formed from the prefix ex- ‘out’ and ciēre ‘move, call’ (source also of English cite, incite, recite, and solicit).=> cite, incite, recite, solicit
- excite (v.)
- mid-14c., "to move, stir up, instigate," from Old French esciter (12c.) or directly from Latin excitare "rouse, call out, summon forth, produce," frequentative of exciere "call forth, instigate," from ex- "out" (see ex-) + ciere "set in motion, call" (see cite). Of feelings, from late 14c. Of bodily organs or tissues, from 1831. Main modern sense of "emotionally agitate" is first attested 1821.
Example
- 1. Active projects that still excite you and have a purpose
- 2. Excite investors about your big picture , but be reasonable and responsible .
- 3. All this failed to excite the financial press .
- 4. In practice , however , they were inadequate and uninspiring products that failed to excite consumers .
- 5. Senator mccain has predicted that palin 's appearance at the republican convention on wednesday to accept the vice presidential nomination will help excite americans about her candidacy .