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arouse or elicit a feeling
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act as a stimulant;
"The book stimulated her imagination"
"This play stimulates"
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stir feelings in;
"stimulate my appetite"
"excite the audience"
"stir emotions"
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cause to be agitated, excited, or roused;
"The speaker charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks"
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stimulate sexually;
"This movie usually arouses the male audience"
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stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of;
"These stories shook the community"
"the civil war shook the country"
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raise to a higher energy level;
"excite the atoms"
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produce a magnetic field in;
"excite the neurons"