excite

C2+ Topic:Actions & Processes

US /ɪkˈsaɪt/ UK /ɪkˈsaɪt/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

verb
to arouse strong feeling or activity in someone or something

The discovery did much to excite public interest.

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Synonyms

1 verb · to arouse strong feeling or... arouse stimulate stir provoke inflame kindle rouse

Opposites

calm soothe bore pacify quell

Word family

Forms excites

Derived forms excited exciting excitement excitable excitation

Related forms incite cite

Etymology

From Old French exciter, from Latin excitare ('to call out, arouse, stir up'), from ex- ('out') + citare ('to set in motion'), frequentative of ciere ('to move, set in motion').

excitare Latin ciere Latin *keyh₁- Proto-Indo-European

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# excite

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** verb
**IPA (US):** /ɪkˈsaɪt/
**IPA (UK):** /ɪkˈsaɪt/

## Meanings
1. to arouse strong feeling or activity in someone or something

## Examples
- The discovery did much to excite public interest.

## Synonyms
- arouse
- stimulate
- stir
- provoke
- inflame
- kindle
- rouse

## Antonyms
- calm
- soothe
- bore
- pacify
- quell

## Derived Forms
- excited
- exciting
- excitement
- excitable
- excitation

## Related Forms
- incite
- cite

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: excitare
- Root: ciere
- Root: *keyh₁-

## Etymology
From Old French exciter, from Latin excitare ('to call out, arouse, stir up'), from ex- ('out') + citare ('to set in motion'), frequentative of ciere ('to move, set in motion').

## AI Etymology
Excite is from Old French exciter, from Latin excitare ('to call out, arouse, stir up'), from ex- ('out') + citare ('to set in motion'), frequentative of ciere ('to move, set in motion'). In present-day use, it means to arouse strong feeling or activity in someone or something. Derived formations include excited, exciting, excitement, excitable, and excitation. Related vocabulary includes incite and cite.

## Topics
- Actions & Processes

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