stimulate
- to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite: to stimulate his interest in mathematics.
- Physiology, Medicine/Medical. to excite (a nerve, gland, etc.) to its functional activity.
- to invigorate (a person) by a food or beverage containing a stimulant, as coffee, tea, or alcoholic liquor.
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Contemporary Examples of stimulated
At the same time, the U.K has adopted policies that have stimulated growth.
The focus is on the revelations and how the reporting enhanced public understanding and stimulated public discussion.
Guardian and WaPo Share Pulitzer: Snowden Hails Victory for “More Accountable Democracy”David Freedlander
April 14, 2014
Melodramatic telenovelas have helped bring down the birth rate and stimulated literacy in Mexico and Brazil.
The cheaper yen, off 22 percent against the dollar in the past 12 months, has stimulated higher exports.
And then we transcribed it and discussed it, and it stimulated my thinking and their thinking.
Historical Examples of stimulated
The scent of a big item was in his nostrils, and it stimulated him like champagne.
In the Midst of AlarmsRobert Barr
On the present occasion, his native powers were stimulated by the thirst of revenge.
The Last of the MohicansJames Fenimore Cooper
A hard worker himself, those around him were stimulated to hard work.
Cleveland Past and PresentMaurice Joblin
Promptitude in action may be stimulated by a due consideration of the value of time.
Self-HelpSamuel Smiles
The audacity of the rebels is stimulated by our sluggishness.
Diary from November 12, 1862, to October 18, 1863Adam Gurowski
stimulate
- (tr; usually passive) to fill (a person) with ideas or enthusiasmhe was stimulated by the challenge
- (tr) physiol to excite (a nerve, organ, etc) with a stimulus
- to encourage (something) to start or progress furthera cut in interest rates should help stimulate economic recovery
Word Origin for stimulate
Word Origin and History for stimulated
stimulate
1610s, from Latin stimulatus, past participle of stimulare (see stimulation). Related: Stimulated; stimulating.
stimulate
(stĭm′yə-lāt′)- To arouse a body or a responsive structure to increased functional activity.