excite

Betekenis (Engels)

1. To stir the emotions of.
2. To arouse or bring out (e.g. feelings); to stimulate.
3. To cause an electron to move to a higher than normal state; to promote an electron to an outer level.
4. To energize (an electromagnet); to produce a magnetic field in.

Koppelteken as

ex‧cite

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ɪkˈsaɪt/

Etimologie (Engels)

From Middle English exciten, from Old French exciter, from Latin excitare (“call out, call forth, arouse, wake up, stimulate”), frequentative of exciere (“call out, arouse, excite”), from ex (“out”) + ciere (“call, summon”). See cite and compare to accite, concite, incite.