stimulate - English dictionary definition

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1. Stimulate  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.
2. Stimulate  To excite; to irritate; especially, to excite the activity of (a nerve or an irritable muscle), as by electricity.
3. stimulate  cause to be alert and energetic; "Coffee and tea stimulate me"; "This herbal infusion doesn''t stimulate"