Stimulate (Verb)
Meaning 1
Stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of; "These stories shook the community"; "the civil war shook the country".
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Verbs of feeling.
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Meaning 2
Provide the needed stimulus for.
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Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.
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Meaning 3
Cause to be alert and energetic; "Coffee and tea stimulate me"; "This herbal infusion doesn't stimulate".
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Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care.
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- Repair
- Recreate
- Animate
- Renovate
- Liven
- Invigorate
- Liven Up
- Revive
- Revivify
- Quicken
- Reinvigorate
- Vivify
- Reanimate
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Meaning 4
Cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner; "The ads induced me to buy a VCR"; "My children finally got me to buy a computer"; "My wife made me buy a new sofa".
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Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.
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Meaning 5
Act as a stimulant; "The book stimulated her imagination"; "This play stimulates".
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Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
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Meaning 6
Stir feelings in; "stimulate my appetite"; "excite the audience"; "stir emotions".
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Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling.