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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Stimulate \Stim"u*late\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stimulated; p.
     pr. & vb. n. Stimulating.] [L. stimulatus, p. p. of
     stimulare to prick or goad on, to incite, fr. stimulus a
     goad. See Stimulus.]
     1. To excite as if with a goad; to excite, rouse, or animate,
        to action or more vigorous exertion by some pungent motive
        or by persuasion; as, to stimulate one by the hope of
        reward, or by the prospect of glory.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              To excite and stimulate us thereunto. --Dr. J.
                                                    Scott.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Physiol.) To excite; to irritate; especially, to excite
        the activity of (a nerve or an irritable muscle), as by
        electricity.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Syn: To animate; incite; encourage; impel; urge; instigate;
          irritate; exasperate; incense.
          [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Stimulate \Stim"u*late\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stimulated; p.
     pr. & vb. n. Stimulating.] [L. stimulatus, p. p. of
     stimulare to prick or goad on, to incite, fr. stimulus a
     goad. See Stimulus.]
     1. To excite as if with a goad; to excite, rouse, or animate,
        to action or more vigorous exertion by some pungent motive
        or by persuasion; as, to stimulate one by the hope of
        reward, or by the prospect of glory.
  
              To excite and stimulate us thereunto. --Dr. J.
                                                    Scott.
  
     2. (Physiol.) To excite; to irritate; especially, to excite
        the activity of (a nerve or an irritable muscle), as by
        electricity.
  
     Syn: To animate; incite; encourage; impel; urge; instigate;
          irritate; exasperate; incense.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  stimulate
       v 1: act as a stimulant; "The book stimulated her imagination";
            "This play stimulates" [syn: excite] [ant: stifle]
       2: cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner; "The ads
          induced me to buy a VCR"; "My children finally got me to
          buy a computer"; "My wife made me buy a new sofa" [syn: induce,
           cause, have, get, make]
       3: stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of; "These stories
          shook the community"; "the civil war shook the country"
          [syn: shake, shake up, excite, stir]
       4: cause to be alert and energetic; "Coffee and tea stimulate
          me"; "This herbal infusion doesn't stimulate" [syn: arouse,
           brace, energize, energise, perk up] [ant: de-energize,
           de-energize, sedate]
       5: cause to occur rapidly; "the infection precipitated a high
          fever and allergic reactions" [syn: induce, rush, hasten]
       6: stir feelings in; "stimulate my appetite"; "excite the
          audience"; "stir emotions" [syn: excite, stir]
       7: provide the needed stimulus for [syn: provoke]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  stimulate
     Αγγλικά vb.
     ερεθίζω

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  stimulate
     Latin vb.
     (inflection of la stimulō  2 p pres actv impr)
     vb.
     1 To encourage into action.
     2 To arouse an organism to functional activity.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  stimulate
     vb.
     1 To encourage into action.
     2 To arouse an organism to functional activity.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  stimulate
     Latin vb.
     (inflection of la stimulō  2 p pres actv impr)
     vb.
     1 To encourage into action.
     2 To arouse an organism to functional activity.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  stimulate
     Latin vb.
     (inflection of la stimulō  2 p pres actv impr)
     vb.
     1 To encourage into action.
     2 To arouse an organism to functional activity.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  stimulate
     Englanti vb.
     1 elvyttää, kiihdyttää, kiihottaa
     2 kannustaa, piristää
     3 stimuloida
     4 virkistää, yllättää, ärsyttää

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  stimulate
     Engelska vb.
     reta

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Stimulate /stˈɪmjʊlˌeɪt/
  حفّز

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  stimulate //ˈstɪm.jəˌleɪt// //ˈstɪm.jʊ.leɪt// 
  1. стимулирам
  to arouse an organism to functional activity
  2. подбуждам
  to encourage into action

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  stimulate /stˈɪmjʊlˌeɪt/
  dráždit

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  stimulate /stˈɪmjʊlˌeɪt/
   [eko] povzbudit

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  stimulate /stˈɪmjʊlˌeɪt/ 
  podnítit

From Eurfa Saesneg, English-Welsh Eurfa/Freedict dictionary ver. 0.2.3 :   [ freedict:eng-cym ]

  stimulate /stˈɪmjʊlˌeɪt/ 
  ysgogi 

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  stimulate /stˈɪmjʊlˌeɪt/ 
  dynamisierend
     Synonyms: making dynamic, speeding up
  
   see: make dynamic, speed up, stimulate sth., made dynamic, speeded up, stimulated
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  stimulate /stˈɪmjʊlˌeɪt/ 
  erregen, aufputschen 
   see: stimulating, stimulated, stimulates, stimulated
  

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  stimulate /stˈɪmjʊlˌeɪt/
  
  διεγείρω

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  stimulate //ˈstɪm.jəˌleɪt// //ˈstɪm.jʊ.leɪt// 
  1. kiihottaa, elvyttää, stimuloida
  to arouse an organism to functional activity
  2. elvyttää, piristää, stimuloida, yllyttää, ärsyttää
  to encourage into action

From English-French FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-fra ]

  stimulate /stimjuleit/
  1. agacer, irriter
  2. inciter, pousser à
  3. stimuler

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  stimulate /stˈɪmjʊlˌeɪt/ 
  1. उत्तेजित करना
        "When Rahul stood first in his class,it stimulated him to work even harder."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  stimulate /stˈɪmjʊlˌeɪt/
  ličiti na nekog, nadražiti, potaknuti, poticanja, poticanje, poticati, pretvarati se, stimulirati

From English-Bahasa Indonesia FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-ind ]

  stimulate //ˈstɪm.jəˌleɪt// //ˈstɪm.jʊ.leɪt// 
  rangsang

From English-Italian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.2 :   [ freedict:eng-ita ]

  stimulate /stˈɪmjʊlˌeɪt/
  1. incitare, spronare
  2. stimolare

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-jpn ]

  stimulate //ˈstɪm.jəˌleɪt// //ˈstɪm.jʊ.leɪt// 
  刺激 2.
  to arouse an organism to functional activity
   3.
  to encourage into action

From English-Latin FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.2 :   [ freedict:eng-lat ]

  stimulate /stimjuleit/
  stimulare

From English-Dutch FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-nld ]

  stimulate /stimjuleit/
  1. aanstoken, irriteren, ophitsen, op stang jagen, prikkelen, sarren
  2. aansporen, aanvuren, aanwakkeren, opwekken, zwepen
  3. aanzetten, verlevendigen
  4. de sporen geven
  5. aanporren, stimuleren
  6. animeren, opkikkeren, opmonteren

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  stimulate /ˈstɪmjəleɪt/ 
   1.  stymulować
   2.  pobudzać

From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-por ]

  stimulate /stimjuleit/
  1. concitar, incitar, provocar
  2. impelir, instigar
  3. esporar, esporear
  4. aguaçar, encorajar, estimular, reavivar

From English-Spanish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.1 :   [ freedict:eng-spa ]

  stimulate /stimjuleit/
  1. instigar
  2. animar, espolear, incitar, inpulsar
  3. estimular

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  stimulate //ˈstɪm.jəˌleɪt// //ˈstɪm.jʊ.leɪt// 
  1. stimulera, ge näring åt, pigga upp, väcka
  to arouse an organism to functional activity
  2. egga, reta, sporra
  to encourage into action

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  stimulate /stˈɪmjʊlˌeɪt/
  1. uyarmak, teşvik etmek, tahrik etmek, harekete geçirmek, kamçılamak
  2. tembih etmek
  3. elektrik kuvvetiyle veya alkollü içki ile harekete geçirmek.stimulation  uyarım, teşvik, tahrik. stimulative  uyandırıcı, canlandırıcı, muharrik.

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈstɪmjəˌɫeɪt/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  146 Moby Thesaurus words for "stimulate":
     activate, actuate, affect the interest, animate, animating, arouse,
     attract, awaken, brace, brace up, bracing, bring forth, bring out,
     bring to light, brisk, brisken, buck up, call forth, call out,
     call up, cheer, chirk up, compel, concern, cultivate, deduce,
     derive, drag out, draw forth, draw out, dynamize, educe, electrify,
     elicit, encourage, energize, enliven, enlivening, evoke, excite,
     excite interest, exhilarate, exhilarating, exhilarative, fascinate,
     fillip, fire, force, fortify, foster, fresh up, freshen,
     freshen up, fuel, galvanize, get from, get out of, goad, hearten,
     impel, incite, increase, induce, inflame, infuse life into,
     inspire, inspiring, inspirit, interest, intoxicating, invigorate,
     invite, involve in, jazz up, jolt, kindle, lively, liven,
     make sensitive, motivate, move, move to action, nourish, obtain,
     pep up, perk up, pick up, pique, procure, promote, prompt, propel,
     provocative, provoke, quicken, quickening, reanimate, recreate,
     refine, refresh, refreshen, regale, reinvigorate, renew,
     resuscitate, revive, revivify, rouse, rousing, secure, seminal,
     sensibilize, sensitize, set in motion, set up, sharpen, snap up,
     spark, spirit up, spur, stimulating, stimulative, stir, stir up,
     stirring, suggestive, summon forth, summon up, tantalize, tickle,
     titillate, tonic, vitalize, vitalizing, vivify, wake up, waken,
     wangle, wangle out of, warm, whet, whip up, winkle out, worm out,
     worm out of, zip up
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  v. 刺激,激励,鼓舞;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     vt. 刺激,激励,鼓舞
     vi. 起刺激作用

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