stimulate
English
Etymology
Borrowed from LatinCategory:English terms borrowed from Latin#STIMULATECategory:English terms derived from Latin#STIMULATE stimulātus, perfect passive participle of stimulō (“to urge, goad on”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)Category:English terms suffixed with -ate (verb)#STIMULATE), from LatinCategory:English terms derived from Latin#STIMULATE stimulus (“a sting or prick; a stimulus, goad”)Category:English undefined derivations#STIMULATE.
Pronunciation
Verb
stimulate (third-person singular simple present stimulates, present participle stimulating, simple past and past participle stimulated)Category:English lemmas#STIMULATECategory:English verbs#STIMULATECategory:English entries with incorrect language header#STIMULATECategory:Pages with entries#STIMULATECategory:Pages with 3 entries#STIMULATE
- To encourage into action.
- Synonyms: encourage, induce, incite, provoke; see also Thesaurus:incite
- stimulate the economyCategory:English terms with usage examples#STIMULATE
- 1838 (date written), L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter II, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], published 1842, →OCLC, page 18:
- To most others Lord Allerton's obvious preference for Mary would have been an insuperable obstacle; it only served to stimulate her ladyship.Category:English terms with quotations#STIMULATE
- To arouse an organism to functional activity.
- Synonyms: animate, arouse, energize, energise, excite, perk up; see also Thesaurus:enliven
- Synonyms: de-energize, sedate, stifle
- stimulate my mindCategory:English terms with usage examples#STIMULATE
- He was sexually stimulated by the dancer's moves.Category:English terms with usage examples#STIMULATE
Derived terms
- autostimulate
- biostimulate
- colony-stimulating factor
- costimulate
- counterstimulate
- destimulate
- electrostimulate
- follicle-stimulating hormone
- follicle stimulating hormone
- granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor
- gravistimulate
- hyperstimulate
- immunostimulate
- instimulate
- interstimulate
- melanocyte-stimulating hormone
- microstimulate
- neurostimulate
- overstimulate
- photostimulate
- prestimulate
- restimulate
- self-stimulate
- stimulable
- stimulancy
- stimulatable
- stimulatee
- stimulater
- superstimulate
- thyroid-stimulating hormone
- understimulate
Related terms
Translations
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Anagrams
Esperanto
Adverb
stimulateCategory:Esperanto non-lemma forms#STIMULATECategory:Esperanto participles#STIMULATECategory:Esperanto adverbial participles#STIMULATECategory:Esperanto entries with incorrect language header#STIMULATECategory:Pages with entries#STIMULATECategory:Pages with 3 entries#STIMULATE
- present adverbial passive participle of stimuliCategory:Esperanto adverbial participles#STIMULATE
Latin
Verb
stimulāteCategory:Latin non-lemma forms#STIMULATECategory:Latin verb forms#STIMULATECategory:Latin entries with incorrect language header#STIMULATECategory:Pages with entries#STIMULATECategory:Pages with 3 entries#STIMULATE