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stimuleren — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • excite verb To stir up strong feelings in someone, especially enthusiasm or eagerness.
  • exhilarate verb To cheer, to cheer up, to gladden, to make happy, to elate.
  • goad noun A long pointed stick used to prod animals into moving.
  • stimulate verb To encourage activity, growth, or interest.

Senses

stimuleren is used for these senses in English:

  • excite (transitive) To arouse or bring out (e.g. feelings); to stimulate.
  • exhilarate (transitive) To cheer, to cheer up, to gladden, to make happy, to elate.
  • goad To encourage or stimulate.
  • stimulate To encourage into action.
  • stimulate To arouse an organism to functional activity.

excite — full definition

  1. verb To stir up strong feelings in someone, especially enthusiasm or eagerness.
  2. verb In physics, to push an electron up to a higher energy level, or to energize a magnet so it produces a field.

exhilarate — full definition

  1. verb To cheer, to cheer up, to gladden, to make happy, to elate.
  2. verb To excite, to thrill.

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