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Stimulate
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
(v. t.) To excite; to irritate; especially, to excite the activity of (a nerve or an irritable muscle), as by electricity.
(2):
(v. t.) To excite as if with a goad; to excite, rouse, or animate, to action or more vigorous exertion by some pungent motive or by persuasion; as, to stimulate one by the hope of reward, or by the prospect of glory.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Stimulate'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​s/stimulate.html. 1828.