psych
verb (used with object)
to make happily excited or full of eager anticipation.
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
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Craig Gordon, for one, looks in the zone, while the Rangers skipper James Tavernier is psyching himself up.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 2, 2018