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(1):

(v. t.) To call to activity in any way; to rouse to feeling; to kindle to passionate emotion; to stir up to combined or general activity; as, to excite a person, the spirits, the passions; to excite a mutiny or insurrection; to excite heat by friction.

(2):

(v. t.) To energize (an electro-magnet); to produce a magnetic field in; as, to excite a dynamo.

(3):

(v. t.) To call forth or increase the vital activity of an organism, or any of its parts.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Excite'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​e/excite.html. 1828.
 
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