excitant
Americanadjective
noun
adjective
noun
Etymology
Origin of excitant
1600–10; < Latin excitant- (stem of excitāns ), present participle of excitāre. See excite, -ant
Example Sentences
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Such action may be inhibitory or excitant, according to the views of the one or the other author, without affecting the main question as above stated.
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The excitant is a dilute solution of sulphuric acid.
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The Ainu are gentle and mild by nature, but, like all ignorant people, they are extremely superstitious, and superstition is a powerful excitant.
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These have in their medicine-chests the most powerful excitants, which might give a shock even to a man half-dead: they can deafen you, intoxicate you, make you shudder, or bring tears to your eyes.
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Some nerve excitants known to you act slowly, others quickly; why not others still instantaneously?
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